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n7viv and DB

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  1. The closest we ever got to the other cachers were within a 1/2 a city block. We never broke the speed limits on the highway at anytime including when were accelerating. And the part Rebasport has left out of her story is, her now constant geocaching partner "Airspeed" was one of the two other people in the car with me. And he was smiling and laughing right along with us in the car at the time described. So if three of us were enjoying the trail together why is it I'm the only one wrong here now? And there is no statute against hard acceleration and hard braking. So I have nothing to explain to any officer. I never broke the speed limit. We were in a 10,000 lb vehicle. It couldn't reach the speed limit in 250 feet. And decelerating hard in 250 feet without anyone behind me is not against the law. You better brush up on your laws that govern acceleration and deceleration. And how someone twists this into being a "bad geocacher" I'll never understand. Driving this way has nothing to do with being a bad or good geocacher. It's just a little tough on gas mileage and brakes. And my two partners in the car were enjoying every moment that we were doing it. So now it was all wrong. Get real.
  2. I guess Rebasport figures I would deny sending the quoted email above. I won't deny it. I did send it and it's all true. And we were having a blast doing it. But we never held up any traffic or interfered with any. So what's her point? I didn't break any laws. And during the period of time described in the story above. The cachers we were pursuing and us were the only vehicles on the road. So is it bad to enjoy the game with your fellow cachers? Rebasport needs to get a life.
  3. I just didn't feel it was fair to blame cachers as a whole. Or the Nevada Highway officials for the need to archive the series. Most of the highway where the caches were located is long and fairly straight and you can see for 4 or 5 miles either direction. Most of the hazardous area is in one spot where the very tight twist and elevation changes were located. The other major problem was people not thinking about traffic coming down the road. And how where they were parking affected the flow of that traffic or the safety of others. There were many complaints about people just parking right on the road, blocking one lane of traffic. We paid special attention not to do this. And when the Sheriffs and Highway Patrol officers came by us they just waved and smiled. Because they could see we were making an effort to not block traffic, or slow it down. But the one geographic area where the snow plow incident occurred, is no ones fault. It's just not a good place to stop for any reason. Even if you had to change a tire through there. You'd be taking your life in your hands. For the most part the local residents are friendly and helpful. I don't think anyone is to blame. It's just circumstances that build up over time. Just smile and go geocaching. It's over and done with. It was fun while it lasted.
  4. Well I find this thread to be some most interesting reading. It appears that most posters on the thread have no first had information on the E.T. Trail and the surrounding area. Now on the other hand myself and two other cachers completed the trail in October 2010. So as some would say, "Been there did that". So with some personal knowledge of the trail and the area, and most importantly the local residents. Here's my take on what the complaint was about. When driving down a two lane highway and stopping you have to use some common sense. Since I was the appointed driver in our team I'll explain further. You have to realize this is a desolate Nevada highway with fairly light traffic at "times". I would keep constant watch on the horizon in front and behind us at all times. I was fully aware of when a vehicle appeared on the horizon. I got pretty good at calculating when that vehicle would arrive at our location. There are areas along the route such as where the caches first came into discussion where the snow plow incident occurred. That were very dangerous. There is a real windy narrow up and down area. Very difficult for approaching trucks to make any adjustment to miss you if you are parked on or close to the highway. But common sense should come into play here for us geocachers. Park your vehicle completely off of the road. I did. There were several near misses when we we there. Not us, other cachers/vehicles. The owners of the A'lien Inn in Racheal Nevada, operate a large truck on the highway each day. One day to keep from killing some cachers, the driver had to flat spot a new set of tires on the truck to avoid an accident. He wasn't happy about the geocachers that day. Also one of the local EMT's works at the A'lein Inn and she told us plenty of stories about close calls and wrecks caused by the cachers. To say they were less then impressed why we were there, would be an under statement. But they weren't mad at the geocachers for playing their game. They were made at the idiots that didn't use any common sense in where they parked. And not paying attention to when and what they were pulling out in front of. We saw many police officers go by while we were doing the trail. One Nevada State Police officer actually stopped and ask if we were okay. When I explained, "Yes we were just geocahing". He said,"Okay have fun" and continued on down the highway. There is a difference in how you handle the situation of parking along the road. Common sense plays deeply into being safe. If the highway was clear to the horizon in both directions, I would just stop on the edge of the lane/road. And idle while my partners ran for the cache and signed the logs. All the while I was watching the horizon for another vehicle. If a vehicle was approaching I would pull completely off of the road so they could pass completely free of any danger of an accident. It's so easy to be curtious. The ill feelings along the trail were caused by "people" not necessarily all geocachers doing stupid things along the highway. The police officers and highway workers we spoke with were happy and pleased with us and the way were doing things along the road. So responsible geocachers didn't cause the problems along the E.T. Trail. The cachers that made the tremendous effort to build the trail for others to enjoy, should be commended. It's a shame those of you that didn't get to do the trail missed out. We took many pictures along the route as the scenery is wonderful. Sorry to see such a fun thing end the way it has. But don't be to critical of something you know nothing about unless you have been there and talked to the people personally. Just my opinion. Not trying to flame anyone.
  5. Alright it's fixed....Thanks Jeremy
  6. Okay I'll sit tight. One more small piece of data. This is happening no matter what TB or which cache. Seems to be across the board so to speak.
  7. I saw you drop your TB several times in the cache. Here are the TB's I was trying to drop in the cache: TBJWPE, and TBKFEZ. Also here are two more screen captures to look at. Notice that they are coming back from Groundspeak. One of these I was using IE 6.0, the other Mozilla Firefox 1.5 I also have Opera 8.5, they all produce the same error messages. Also I have five computers on a network with various OS, from 2000 NT, 98, ME, XP. All get the same error message return. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
  8. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? I'm unable to get the travel bugs to move from my possession into the cache. I've tried the "Found It" log option, and then mark the appropriate TB's to drop. Then I tried the "Write a note" log option also. Even went and tried different computers. Tried on 05-Jan-2006 and 06-Jan-2006. Get the same error message over and over. And what's really frustrating is the "text" portion of the log goes through and is posted on the caches. Just won't move the TB's into the cache. Any ideas??? Here's a screen capture of the error message. Remember I've tried multiple computers.
  9. Hi JoeFrog, Good to see you on the forums. Thanks for the coin trade. Better not hijack the forum. Thanks LaRobley for all you do. We are the first in Idaho to hit 900 caches and 900 TB's. We did that on the same day. And no we didn't get the majority of the TB's at TB gatherings. If you check our profile , you'll notice that we have cached the entire pacific northwest to get those TB's. As a matter of record the few gatherings we have been to, usually we are the ones bringing the bags of TB's for the other cachers. Working our way to 1000 TB's. Made it to 937 TB's yesterday. We use a tracking TB for our caching adventures. It reached 16,270 miles yesterday.
  10. Boy can I relate to the above quote. As a cacher that has always found the TB's a real fun thing to chase, and 937 TB's found. This lack of logging is very troublesome. Although through the years I have developed some methods to help preserve the gas. But I agree, how difficult can it be to log TB's. Now before the newbies get upset. I'll give you a free ride. Newbies deserve a free ride for a while. We were all there in the begining, but after a while the free ride ends. Here's a prime example of a free ride ending. Here's a cacher idahowolfpack that built his profile on 22-July-2004 and in his profile proudly announces that they are "Engineers". I would say that takes considerable higher education to reach that point in life. And now they have a registered profile that is nearly fourteen months old. They just picked up their first TB. They proudly logged the fact in the cache log. But never logged the TB into their possession. I see this all the time. It's sad that we live in such a highly educated nation, and have such a tough time playing a simple game.
  11. He has our Boise Idaho Taxi Racer TB, and a TB that belongs to Grampapa from the panhandle of Idaho.
  12. There is a newly created profile as of 30-April-05, remorser profile This guy created this profile and then logged 156 stolen TB's into his possession. All of the logs say, "ihaveit". The "Boise Idaho Taxi Racer" is my TB. If you read the logs on the TB's, a pattern starts to appear. Many of the caches have been archived because of vandalism. Also this guy likes to disassemble the TB's and leave pieces of them near the caches where he took them. From the logs it appears he is in the Denver Colorado area. He has trashed a lot of caches. How can we locate this guy and stop him?
  13. That actually happened to me. I picked up a TB and then got very sick. Spent quite a bit of time in the hospital. One day I get a real nice email from the owner of the TB. I wrote back to them apologizing for keeping their TB out of circulation. I was on the mend and planned on soon returning to geocaching. The TB owners were very understanding and wished me all the best. They said that when I got to feeling better that would be soon enough for their TB to be placed. I kept them informed of my progress as I recovered. Finally I felt like caching again and I put their TB in a cache. I sent them an email right away. They returned my email with a great big thank you and best wishes for my continued health. I think the real true answer to these TB's is communication between the owners of the TB's and the cachers that have picked them up. If we are just curteous to each other it will go a long way. Just my $.02 worth Best Regards, n7viv and DB............
  14. I appreciate the out of towners visiting the TB hotel. And it's nice when there is lot's of TB's in the hotel for them to trade. I don't like to see someone just empty the hotel and leave nothing. That sort of defeats the purpose of the hotel. The way I see it, the hotel provides a convienent spot for cachers to have access to lots of TB's at once. Bring ten or twelve and trade to your hearts content.
  15. That would really help my score. Just hit 300 TB's yesterday.
  16. I have e-mailed the owner and am waiting for a response. I would pick it up again but it is a 55 mile drive. I do have a pocket PC but have yet to find a decent tracking software to use. This is a lesson I learned the hard way long time ago. I also keep a record of all TB's and caches. After logging 278 TB's you wouldn't want to lose your data. Here's a little trick I use. I just use "Pocket Excel" on the PDA. I have one file for "Geocaches" named by year, and one file for TB's. Here's the really important part. Save these files to "Memory cards" and not the main memory on the PDA. That way if your PDA locks up on you out in the field and you have to do a soft reset, you don't lose your data. Then when I get home I just drag and drop the files from the PDA onto my desktop on the main computer. That way I always have a duplicate record. Just take the time in the field to record your cache trades and your TB #'s. And don't forget to save each time you change the record in the field. That way it is recorded on the memory cards. I also do a "Pocket Query" daily for "All" (limited to 500 caches, that I don't own, that are active), "Found", "NF" (not found), "TB's"(caches with TB's), "Newest" (that I don't own) caches within a 100 mile radius. I transfer these files to my memory cards on the PDA. Then I use GPXview to view the file info in the field. The nice thing about GPXview is it's just like sitting in front of your computer at home. You have all of the cache info displayed as well as "Hints", and the last five logs. Try it you'll like it. I find that the "NF" file is about 2megs in the PDA. I also upload the NF file into my GPS and I'm ready to hit the road. Best Regards, n7viv and DB...........
  17. Well, since the domain was registered before the game of geocaching was even conceived of (and WAY before we had travel bugs), ya can't be too mad at them. There is another option. You could always contact the current registrant and ask if they would consider selling the domain.
  18. I've had the GPS V for about two going on three years. It's a great unit. And I bought the full mapping option for the USA and Canada. We go to BC and Vancouver Island a lot in the motorhome. The street level mapping is great in Victoria and Vancouver BC. We found the mapping to be very accurate even way out in the back country in BC. That's a very good feeling when you're from the USA, and don't know your way around in BC. The friendliness of loading maps and waypoints from the computer is great. If you're looking for a first rate GPS go with the Garmin GPS V. They are great !!!!!!!!! Just my two cents worth..... Best Regards, n7viv and DB........
  19. Well since very few know us we'll just slip in a post for ourselves. Our milestone hit on 12-Nov-2004, when we got our 200th travel bug. Working on 400 caches, only have 361. Best Regards, n7viv and DB
  20. :)I think people are over reacting to these bomb scares. I am just going on with life as it was pre-911. Relax and enjoy life. If you're really worried about these scares, here's an easy solution. Here in Boise Idaho I cache a lot along the green belt. We have police officers that ride along the green belt looking for potential problems. I always make it a point to stop and visit with these officers. I show them my print outs and explain a little about geocaching. They always seem very interested, and sometimes when you see an officer approaching on his bike. He'll start smiling when he sees the GPS in my hand. They usually say, "hunting a geaocache"? And I stop and visit. Police aren't the bad guys, they're just nervous since 911. If you are really worried about using ammo cans in your area, go to the police department and introduce yourself. Ask the person at the counter whom you should speak with about geocaching. Once you locate the correct person, tell them about geocaching in your area. Tell them about these crazy people running around with GPS's in their hands. Give them some print outs from "geocaching.com". Make them aware of your activities. Tell them about the different containers. Don't forget to tell them about all of the families out there with their little kids in tow. You'll find that they will discuss this in the shift briefing room. Now before you start to say, "Oh this won't work". Check out the profiles for "K7ROG", and "Canyon226", both are police officers that got hooked on the caching activity. So quit worrying about the containers and include your local officials. Best Regards, n7viv and DB.....
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