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*Ack* That was *supposed* to have been 'from the West'.

How recently?

Looking at the maps - is there any reason the Tunnel of Light can't be attacked from the East?

You are confusing different effects; 1 - Google Earth holds the size of icons constant (within some limits) as you zoom in and out, which can make the caches appear to move. 2- If you have any tilt, Google Earth may or may not have placed the icon at the proper altitude. 3- If you are using the Groundspeak plugin, it randomizes the positions of the caches within some limits, but if you are using GSAK (or the equivalent), the position is exact (though still effected by 1 and 2).

First cache, first DNF - happens to a lot a lot of, or at least it did to me! (One of these days I need to go back and log the DNF.) You are correct however, if it's traditional cache - no signature, no smiley.

While the rock's declination will be fixed to the rock - it will also rotate (in all axes) with the rock. Thus the current declination of the rock may or may not be related to the local declination at the time the rock was formed. (For example - glacier borne rocks dropped in a field, parts of Southern California which have moved into their current positions, etc...)

Depending on how close they are to the silo - they may have been used during missile loading to ensure accurate alignment of the bird in the silo. The bird has to know where 'North' is, as the launch control system sends the launch bearing in relation to North - any error in aligment is multiplied manyfold across the total flight distance. (A little trig will show how large an error as little as 1 arc minute will grow.) Another thought is that they may have been used to measure the alignment of the transporter/loader to ensure that it was a) vertical, aligned to the silo center, and c) aligned rotationally to the silo systems. I'll be seeing a buddy of mine who was a Minuteman silo crewman and see if he can remember what they were used for. (We did things differently with the SLBM's - since our silos were 'mobile'. )

Create a Pocket Query which returns caches owned by you. No need to ever run it. Preview the query, click on 'gallery', and you'll get all pictures for your caches on one page. That brings you up a page sorted by cache, kinda unhandy.

Not really - we (my wife and I) bagged 12th Night this year on Sun morning to go hit the First Cache and some others in the Three Mountains area, and we'll do the same this year down at Ocean Shores. From Dragons Laire does HL Theodoric send greetings.

No, I've seen many caches that require one (or more) 'precursors' to be located first. Do note on both cache pages the relationship between the two. 'When you find cache a, be sure and copy the decoder key! You'll need it for cache B' ~and~ This cache can be found without copying the code in cache A, but it's harder that way. Your choice, have fun!

""Solicitations are also off-limits. For example, caches perceived to be posted for religious, political, charitable or social agendas are not permitted. Geocaching is supposed to be a light, fun activity, not a platform for an agenda."" So sayeth the rules. Would that apply to a series of caches based on Geocachers Creed?

OK - where do you find a gallery of all the photo's you've uploaded? D.

Don't forget to tag your log 'needs maintenance'. In theory cache owners are supposed to visit the cache and local reviewers theoretically search out caches with that tag....

GCRN5X "In search of..." GCP1Z3 "Surfers Secret" GCP1Z5 "Fishermans Secret" GCGTAA "Trollville"

Yes, much - the general consensus seems to be that they are different in size, not in type - and thus do not require a seperate icon type. You can always search via Pocket Query and elimenate the micro's that way.

I'm having the same problem - there is YPP! (Yohoho Puzzle Pirates) gathering in Seattle the same day... Go to Seattle, get tipsy, wear pirate costumes.... Or stay here, get tipsy, and wear an ugly Hawiaan shirt? Decisons, decisons....

Much more achievable while in W-S.

I've got a PQ that weekly pulls down 'found in the last 7 days', and I also browse with Google Earth. Before I leave, I'll make up a packet with the cache page printouts from each cache, sorted by cluster, and with area maps (from Streets & Trips) for each cluster and specific cache maps as they appear needed. Before I leave, I'll upload the waypoints to my eTrex. (I've used this method on several trips, and it works well for me.) But I'm hoping to base as many of those clusters as possible around local reccomendations - it's not always easy to judge the value of a cache just from the cache pages. It's roughly the group that runs NE from GCR85A to GCW7A6. I'm a graduate of North, so the idea of doing some caches around and about there tickles me. It's amazing how much that area has changed in 25 years. Some interesting looking caches there - some I'd already decided to do, others that now need re-evaluating. But, GCTGHY shows as being in Canada! This should be a fun trip - catching up with friends and family, getting some cacheing in, and chowing down on BBQ. (You simply can't get Lexington style out here.)

That one does look fun. Looks like there is a cluster out that way that might be interesting. (I've got one cluster I'm putting together out near the intersection of University Extension and 52, and another out Waughtown way.) I figure I'll be grabbing clusters as chance and reccomendations takes me.

Thanks much! D.

Greetings; I'm a geocacher out here on the wet coast - but in Sept I'll be visiting my old stomping grounds in Winston. Given the constraints listed below, are there any 'must-do' caches? -I usually do 2/2 and below. (I'm particularly limited on terrain by a bad back and shoulder and a constitutional dislike of hills and distance hikes.) -I dislike micros except in exceptionally cool places. (I much prefer traditional caches.) -Schedule pressures probably prevent attacking puzzles or traveling much outside of the Forsyth County area. If anyone has any bugs I can help along by moving them to WA state - feel free to drop me a line and we'll work something out. Thanks! D.

Just returned from the Run, and all I can say is *wow*. Very fun, very tiring, very fun! Kudo's to Seabeck Tribe!

The Original Cache stash is a fun one, be sure and do the 'Unoriginal Stash' that is nearby. ('Nearby' meaning "much less than the usual seperation guidelines. *Much*.")

Yes - you are overlooking that we are not standing over your shoulder. It's up to you to actually try some of the suggestions and report back. We are not telepaths. You posted "I don't believe" and "I believe" - beliefs don't fix problems, actually checking does.

Try selecting a different COM port in GSAK. (At least on my machine it doesn't always come up on the same port.) Also, about every other time, I need to hook everything up and then reboot the computer before it will work.