Jen_and_John

Just picked up a Palm IIIxe on ebay for about $15 including shipping. Yay! Now to figure out how to get it to do what I need it to. Thanks for the replies.

I decided to try out the paperless route. I'm looking for the flexibility that not having to print out log pages will give me. And I was thrilled to learn that even pretty ancient Palm Pilots can be used. I'm keeping an eye on ebay for a bargain on one, but would also be interested in buying one from a fellow cacher who is upgrading. Anyone have suggestions of models to keep an eye on for an ebay purchase or have an old one for sale for around $20?

A *lot* of the older caches got destroyed by the hurricanes. I know almost all the caches I found back 4 or 5 years ago are archived, and about half have notes about them having been taken out by Katrina or Rita.

Last spring we camped out for the weekend at Fort Mountain State Park in the mountains of northern Georgia. I think there were only 2 or 3 caches in the park at the time, with a few more within a few miles of the park. I think it was something like $10-15 a night to camp there. Not sure if they had primitive camping areas...we tent camped in the regular camp grounds.

I generally despise urban caches, particularly micros. I usually won't even bother hunting for them. When I do go hunting for them, I have found that the fake talking on the cell phone thing is a good way to do things without being noticed. Last week I had to try to replace a micro cache in a tight spot in the middle of a college campus. I couldn't figure out how I was going to accomplish it, but finally figured out that I could use the pretense of making a cell phone call (was able to put the cache in place while getting the phone out of my purse and then kick it into place while pacing around talking on the phone). Most urban microcaches are not worth it for me. I don't want to create problems by either disturbing business owners or the police or by having someone see me and then destroy the cache. There are some very clever urban caches that I have found, however, so don't shut yourself off from them entirely. I found one on a road trip this summer that was hidden in a trap door in a flower bed and another that was stuck down a metal post (you had to retrieve it by pulling out a stake that had a rope attached that was tied to the cache container). If the owners put a lot of thought and creativity into them, urban caches can be very interesting. But I'm still generally not comfortable hunting for them when there are many people around.

Too bad I'm working tonight, though if my wife had seen this post several hours ago, she might have been game. Perhaps next time. Keep an eye out for our local events, too. There are several locals you could meet who might be up for night caching. There's a geocaching get-together in Frankfort, KY, on January 20th. It is listed on the site as an event cache, so search the 40601 zip code to find it. Just down the road from Lexington!

Yeah, I don't think mine is making it to its goal anytime soon. Goal: Bhagalpur, India There are 24 caches in all of India :S I have no idea where that town is in relation to any of them.

I went to high school in Elkhorn City (closest Kentucky town to the park). It's really a beautiful place. I would recommend anyone who hasn't been there before go (either throught this event or on your own). There is a great swimming hole nearby, as well, but might be a bit cold in the spring There's also white water rafting there on the river for those who might be into that.