The Lost Clan
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WoooooHoooooooooo!!! Congrats to lulu499 for a cache-a-day for an entire year!!
Way to go Nancy! 
Congrats, Nancy! That's an awesome achievement! 
J&J - you guys are no slouches - I see your streak has been going for over 3 years! Wow!
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Anyone interested in doing the Sandy Creek Cowboy Caches this Saturday the 21st? We'll have to get an early start to ensure that we are at Canadian Grl's "For the LOVe of the smiley" event that night @ Giovanni's.
Robyn
Yeehaw! take lots of photos please.
Please check and make sure that everything is in order at
SCCC #11. Last finder may have scored a find by adding
a container where not intended. ... that happens often at
SCCC #11, for good reason.
Thank you Robyn,
Harmon
SD Rowdies & Sandy Creek Cowboys
You got it 'ol pal! Looking forward to our 5th trip out to our favorite caches!
Robyn
It's a go for tomorrow! We will be meeting at the Buckman Springs Rest Stop @ 7:45a.m. I'll be in my Yellow Jeep and the rest of Team Reid will be in a Red Rubicon. The DaMoores are joining us as well as Denise from d5frees. Would love to have more suckers, er, I mean more geocachers join us! The Sandy Creek Cowboy Caches are a hoot!
Robyn
Sorry - can't make it tomorrow.
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zeber and I each grabbed two different YMS #21 Duncan! cards from Digueno (GCQ83Z) on Feb 12th. None left - sorry!
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There are some photos that deserve better than to languish in the GC.com archives:
LOL - there's never a dull moment out caching with PQGT! Or getting a lifeline call, for that matter!
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Great Googly Moogly, Duncan! found #9500!!!
9,500
Congrats to all! The Fat Cats just reached 3500!!!
Congrats to the two new stoners..Fat Cats and Duncan! Duncan! is fast approaching a BIG one.Congrats to The Fat Cats and Duncan! Woohoo! Big numbers! -
I just had to stop by Max's Favorite Park with zeber on our way to caching in MTRP this morning. I took 4 sets of the new cards - one each for myself, The Fat Cats, kwvers! and Silver Horde. I ran into Duck before the event and he didn't know about his card - he was thrilled to be the subject of one. Great job on the cards, Harmon!
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This just in ...
Launch of the Dalmatian rescue effort.
How many have been found so far?
Hmmm, I keep lookin' at this here piktur, Harmon. Maybe I'm seein' too many spots ... I dunno; but it kinda looks to me like ol' Devhead is missin' an arm
. WHAT HAPPENED? Did a puppy git him?No, no ... he was scratching his rump when I snapped the shot.
Glad to see that you pay attention Barrie, not bad for a girl.
Harmon
Ohhhh I see ... he got fleas, eh?
LOL - good one, Barrie!
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This is a frequently requested feature enhancement.
You may be interested in this forum discussion, active from October 24th to October 27th.
Thanks Keystone!
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It would be really helpful if there was some way to have a note show up on each cache page showing whether you had already found that cache. I know you can view all the logs to find yours, or go to the map and see the smiley, or it will show up as a check mark when you do a search, but an at-a-glance view would be really helpful. Even better, a note of the date you found it could be included or a link to find your log for that cache.
Apologies if this has been mentioned before in the gazillion forum pages!
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My bad...I'm behind on all my logging, including here.
I took four sets of S&R cards, one each for: The Lost Clan, kwvers!, boysnbarrie and us. Turns out TLC was able to make it over and she grabbed one for herself, so I have one extra which I'll drop into a cache somewhere.
After I left, there were still five regular S&Rs (TNG 6), five kwvers! (TNG 5), and two Lulu499s (TNG 4).
I'll be sure to log right away from now on...sorry.
O please, no you're not sorry ... more like ready to give me a swat in the behind, yes?
Before I get chastised
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Introducing the newest addition to the TNG Series, #6 - Snake & Rooster
Thanks to Chuy! for the selection and Harmon, of course, for all the graphic design work.
Several copies are available at Max's Favorite Park, along with the inevitable misprints... Note that the container has been replaced with a larger container and it is not at the base of the light pole just a few feet from its previous location...
Boohoo...! I stopped by Max's last night and all the S&R's were gone...
(3x Kwvers were still there though...)
There were a couple left after I took two yesterday, but I think maybe FATTBOY got them. I know Fat Cats were there before me - I didn't see any new skid marks though!
I sure hope some Yrium cards make it to the campout raffle! (hint, hint!)
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Congratulations to wolffff on 100 finds! Way to go, Joanne!
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Congrats to Canadian Grl for passing 1200!!!
Rock on, SuperStar!!!
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Hot off the press!!!!! jahoadi and john have passed 10,000 finds! It is so much fun watching your numbers and adventures increase! Now, relax...take it easy..
Congratulations you two!!!!!!!! Great job. Now keep that streak going.
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CONGRATS
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It's a fun run, but it would be duck soup for you, Robyn. Duganrm drove his '66 Mustang when we did it...Just wondering what the Palomar Divide road is like? Looks like fun and a possible run soon?Robyn
Robyn..............Just say when................... I would like to go, and I know there would be a few others
Chris / TEAM DUCKIT
I was hoping someone would ask!!! How does Saturday sound? The hubby will be at the Santee Open House, so looks like I just might have the day available.
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller
What time and where do you plan on meeting up? May be able to make if I don't go to the Desert.
Sorry - can't make it Saturday
It's the Poway band tournament. 
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It's a fun run, but it would be duck soup for you, Robyn. Duganrm drove his '66 Mustang when we did it...Just wondering what the Palomar Divide road is like? Looks like fun and a possible run soon?Robyn
Robyn..............Just say when................... I would like to go, and I know there would be a few others
Chris / TEAM DUCKIT
The southern half of that run up to the lookout tower is great though quite easy.
You Jeepers won't be challenged one bit 'cause it's 2WD all the way. The northern
half beyond the tower is pretty blah and no Geocaches. Ruined a tire on the
northern section due to plentiful sharp rocks. Very expensive tire too.
There's a few caches up that way that are on a hiking trail rather than the road.
The neat part is that you are able to look down on the Palomar telescopes. Ain't
that weird? Seems like they put the observatory on the wrong mountain.
There's a gate on the final approach to the tower so you have to walk about a
quarter mile.
Make sure to stop and do the hide at the little chapel that you pass before coming
to Palomar Divide Road. Make sure to go inside the chapel to see it.
It may be doable with 2WD, but you should probably have a high clearance vehicle. We did the run in our Honda Pilot a few months ago and managed to rip off the protective cover on the bottom of it. I think we were probably just unlucky and caught the front on one of those sharp rocks.
As we didn't make any caching stops along the way, I would love to go back there if the timing is right and if anyone has space.
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Introducing Yrium TNG #5 - kwvers!
Thanks to Fat Cats for the nomination and thanks to Harmon (of course) for the design work!!
These cards will be coming to a certain Geodog's Favorite Park in a couple of days... Don't rush out yet, now, y'hear!
Great choice ladies, especially in view of that 10,000 milestone kwvers! achieved this week!
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It's official ! KWVERs! broke 10000 and guess whose cache is was? Yup...One of ours..how special!
CONGRATs!!!!
Congrats Jim and Denise! You are two of the nicest geocachers around, its great to see you hit this gigantic milestone!
Way to go guys! 10,000 caches in three years! Unbelievable! You were among the first geocachers I ever met, and it's been a pleasure to know you! Thanks for contributing so much to the community, and giving us a new goal. And of course, with so many finds you make a great lifeline!
Come home soon so we can celebrate!P.S. Trailgators, we definitely need a new icon for this milestone!
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While he's not whining - jaredloser is currenly at grossmont ER getting a CT scan - he took a spill at sandy creek cowboy at the bottle plant. He's OK, just getting checked out. Oh My Gosh...is he ok? Please let us know......we all love that little loser.....
We hope he's alright too~ Hope they found something in there to look at!
You just can't loose a loser ya know!
Splashette
Best wishes for our little loser...let us know how he is doing
O'm'gosh, I'm so sorry. Not using a ladder for the find I suppose.
I can feel your pain loser-guy ... I took a fall in the kitchen yester-
day and smacked a rib into the kitchen countertop. Pretty painful
today and so I'm hoping for the best. ... don't need a cracked rib.
Must have been a sympathetic fall. Yes, I whined.
Let us know how the scan turned out.
He's OK
We went by to find the ladder that we left in the near by bushes. We searched for 10 minutes, no ladder. I wonder where it went to? I guess someone needed a ladder. On the back to the burb, we noticed something on the first story wall. Jared went through a window and got a big stick, on the way back he slipped and smashed
his head on the window jamb. Smashed sounds so much better than bumped. Anyway -- no signs of a concussion
- Went home - Ate a sandwich, bean and cheese burrito and ice cream, kept complaining that his head hurt (duh), but was still nauseous and light headed. So, off to Grossmont ER. After the triage nurse asked him if his neck hurt, bam - He was on the gurney with a c-collar.Dr. said he was fine, but we did a head CT just to make sure and take away any possible excuse that he couldn't goto school today.
The Dr. discharged him with no restrictions. Funny part we were right under the KIVA cache - Jared spotted the skylight tube as he rolled under it.
Sad part was I already found the cache, so I had no excuse to leave.
Very sad part is - Jared still needs to find the cache - he found the kiva but we DNF.
Never say yes to anything ---
At least he is smiling with that neck brace on. Glad to hear all is well. 
I'm so glad to hear my favorite loser is OK! I guess it takes more than that to finagle a day off school! -
Way to go The Fat Cats on 3000
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Thank you all so much! I rarely cache alone, so I would like to thank zeber, Trixxster, Silver Horde, The Fat Cats, cawicks, Team Adelos, wildbrit, wolffff, and the many others who came (or were dragged) along with me on my adventures! Many thanks too for the lifelines (a lot ) and puzzle hints (a few ) along the way!
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You'd be surprised how long you can use older maps.
It's part of the challenge! True, it's kind of fun to go off the map!
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You'll need new map software if you want to see new streets.I was really excited to see the update, as I hoped it would include some of the newer streets.Yeah - that's what I should have done in the first place!
Some new streets are beginning to show up on Google Earth now, at least.
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I just used Garmin's webupdater to check my GPS's. I'm pretty good about regularly looking for updates, but I found updates for my Oregon, my Nuvi, and my 60CSx. Only the Colorado was up-to-date.
When was the last time YOU checked?
I check more or less monthly. Hasn't been an update for the 60CSx for quite
some time. As far as I'm concerned the 60CSx doesn't need changes except
it would be nice if they adopted the Magellan feature where you can store and
access multiple waypoint loads as named files on the expansion memory card.
Also I recently checked and found an update for Garmin MapSource City Navi-
gator North America. The new version is 6.14.1, and it changes the look and
performance of MapSource quite a bit. Of course this update picked up some
newborn streets and points of interest. A downside effect of this update is that
map zooming and panning is notably slower.
One thing I truly appreciate about MapSource is the "View/View in Google Earth"
Menu feature. With the "Street View" Layers option checked I've been able to
spot hidey holes before leaving the house. Sure makes it nice to have a visual
look at a hide before heading out, especially on remote trails. It amazes me to
see how many streets and even dirt roads have been photographed worldwide
with 360-degree and still cameras. My Google Earth membership sure is worth
the twenty-dollar membership.
Life is good,
Harmon
I was really excited to see the update, as I hoped it would include some of the newer streets. When I installed it the icons are HUGE on my maps, and I lost the labels. I could get these by scrolling over the icons, but as I don't carry my laptop in the field, it's not very useful.
I couldn't find a way around it, so I ended up uninstalling everything, and putting the original maps back in. Somehow in the process I've lost the "Show in Google Earth" capability, which was always really helpful for viewing my day's caching plan, especially when I'm going on trails.I'm not that computer savvy, so if you have any suggestions I'd be really grateful!
Linda/The Lost Clan
Hmm, no similar problems with my installation. Maybe check "Edit/Preferences"
or "View/Map Detail" settings.
With regard to "Labels" I assume you are referring the waypoint names. There's
a setting on the "Edit/Preferences" Waypoint Tab called "Limit application created
names to [ ] characters," maybe yours is set to zero-characters.
What's the screen resolution of your computer monitor by the way?
Harmon
I'm pretty sure I tried all that before - characters were set to 15 and Display was set to "Symbol and Name." When I export to MapSource I change the settings to %drop2 %cont%ter so I get as much info as possible on my maps. (All these paperless cachers are no doubt cringing at the idea of printing out maps, but I just can't give those up yet!)
I have View/Map Detail set at its highest, but I have the services off to avoid clutter.
My resolution is at the highest setting (1280 x 800). Is that important?
Linda
San Diego Congratulations Thread
in West and Southwest
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WHoooo Hoooooo!!!
Snake & Rooster 4000
The Lost Clan 4000
habu! 5700
Congrats!!!
4000 is the magic number!
Many thanks for the congrats everyone! And a big well done to everyone who hit milestones this month! 
