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KG1960

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  1. I like this idea, but I would do it this way. Publish the second one as a mystery cache (or would a multi work here?) and say one has to find the first one to get the coords for it. Also say in the write up in big bold letters that you got permission to attach it to the sign from the road commissioner.
  2. Also, see if there is a geocaching club in your area. The one I'm in here has get-togethers every so often at local restaurants - easy to meet fellow cachers there. These are usually published as events. Do a search for your local zip code.
  3. Any activity that your children enjoy doing with you is great! See if there is a geocaching club in your area. The one I'm in here often has a get together (it's published as an event) at a local restaurant - easy to meet fellow cachers there. Search your local zip code and see what events may be planned. Quite a few people don't get it. They just shrug it off and say, "Well, whatever." Fine, each to his own. A couple have kept irritatingly going on and on how stupid they thought it was. I finally thanked them for paying their taxes because their taxes made possible the 100 billion dollar satellite system that allows me to find Tupperware in the woods. They shut up after that.
  4. Wow! I didn't know that. That's quite useful. Thanks for pointing it out!
  5. I think Word can save a document in HTML format, no/yes? However, as others have said, it still may not display as intended depending on what intruments are used.
  6. Good website! To summarize, remember that 60 minutes equal one degree. So, divide the decimal minutes by 60 to get the decimal part. Example: you have a geocache latitude of 40 34.582. Simply divide 34.582 by 60 to get 0.5764, then add to 40 to get 40.5764 for decimal degrees. Same for longitude. Remember when entering the decimal degrees into Google maps (and others), put a minus sign in front of the longitude (for ones west of the meridian).
  7. I have a Signal antenna ball on one of my cars. I tried one on my other car but it whipped the antenna around quite severely, so I glued Signal to the dash board. So far, no one has ever asked me about them.
  8. I have a Signal antenna ball on one of my cars. I tried one on my other car but it whipped the antenna around quite severely, so I glued Signal to the dash board. So far, no one has ever asked my about them.
  9. Here is another way of doing what you want (that is if I understand your question correctly): Download the track files from your GPSr to some map software. I used Garmin's MapSource using their Topo 2008 maps. Zoom in/out to get the view you want. Then simply press the "Print Screen" key (upper right). This puts the screen image on the clipboard. Open a graphics program, I use Paint Shop Pro. Then use "paste" to get the image. The map should then display, and you can play around with the image as desired. Of course, it can be saved as JPEG, BMP, or any other format your graphics software supports. I also tried successfully pasting the image to Microsoft Word. Here is an example (our hike from Bear Lake to Emerald Lake in Rocky Mtn. Nat'l Park):
  10. I recently found a cache using this type of container. It had been placed about a year ago and went through one winter. The container showed no signs of deterioration and the contents were nice and dry.
  11. I recently ordered some from http://www.wooden-nickel.com I was very pleased with the end result. Their online ordering seemed a bit confusing at first glance, but it was easy enough to figure out.
  12. I used to be on the church council at my church. These questions would be exactly what we would ask. The geocache question never came up, but if it did, we would probably allow it with the above concerns (except for #6 only because I don't think anyone would have thought of it). I think we would have thought of a cache as a way of getting more people aware of the church and maybe even pick up a new member or two (there wouldn't be any religious stuff in the cache, just being on church property would be enough of an "advertisement"). The church is private property. The title to the land and building is in the name of the local church, with no mention of even the national affiliation. The church does have a weekday pre-school for 3 and 4 year olds, so someone snooping around the building or nearby bushes would probably raise attention. Since we have a fairly large piece of land, we probably would allow a cache only some distance from the building - 200 to 300 feet away could be easily done. If we did find a unknown cache on our property, it would probably be removed and questioned what it was (keep in mind no one but me knows what geocaching is, and I didn't know about it until 2 1/2 years ago). Just my perspective on this subject........
  13. Not quite right - the article said it sends readings twice a minute, not takes a reading. Most likely the GPS takes a reading every second or so (?) but only transmits them to the boy's parents every 30 seconds.
  14. I've read a few articles lately about thieves breaking into cars just to take credit cards out purses, wallets, etc. and then leaving the purse/wallet as they found it. The victim sometimes doesn't know the card is missing for maybe several days, at which time large amounts may have been charged to the card. True, most cards have an unauthorized charge limit of liability but there is still all the red tape and frustration to go through to get it straightened out, not to mention possible identity theft. Edit spelling error
  15. I think it much more likely that someone might set off a bomb in a shopping mall, but that possibility hasn't curtailed any of my shopping trips. If a cache blew up in the middle of the woods, would anyone notice (other than the cacher)? Anyway, as others have said, driving to the cache is far more riskier.
  16. I have found a couple of caches with disposable cameras in them. The pictures turn out good enough. One we found in the spring and in viewing the photos once the cache owner posted them in the cache's gallery, it looked like the camera was there from summer through winter and spring when we found it. So, a disposable camera would work as long as the cache container was absolutely water tight. The ones we found were ammo cans.
  17. It sounds like that when you found yourself in an uncomfortable situation, you left as quick as possible. That's probably the best thing you could have done. The cell phone helped. too. A recent news story here was about a woman who was abducted from a shopping mall parking lot, taken somewhere else, and assaulted - fortunately not killed. You don't have to be in the woods for bad things to happen.
  18. Except for local day trips in my local area, I never have planned or went on a trip for the main purpose of geocaching. But, on other trips, we always check to see what caches may be at the destination and see what ones may be be good to try to find in the time we have. Example: this past weekend was the annual meet of a railroad historical society in which I'm a member. We plotted several caches to try and had time for hunting for nine (found seven) plus a few rest area caches on the way to and from.
  19. I like the idea. The main problem I see is that one has to log on to another website to rate a cache and I think a lot of people (maybe most??) wouldn't bother. Another thing that caught my eye was a statement about stuffing the ballot box and using "data mining software" to prevent that. This caused a red flag to pop up in my mind, but maybe I'm over reacting. At first I wondered how I could find a listed cache because it seemed to be random order. Then I found I could sort by clicking on the column heading to sort by that column. Even with the relatively few caches listed, the sort seemed to take awhile. With a lot more caches, might it bog down? It may turn out that my concerns may easily be resolved, and I do like the idea.
  20. As the others have said, leave the DNF and post a new "found it " log. I usually say something like "Yeah! I finally found it." or "It's so obvious, how could I have missed it the first time?"
  21. Not a whole lot different than most other replies. I always have enjoyed hikes in the woods, observing nature, photographing, etc. Geocaching has given me an excuse to do more hiking than ever before. Now there is goal to my hikes. I also have discovered several nice parks in my area that I never knew existed and parts of other parks that I didn't know about.
  22. Exactly! It's nice to find a nice dry interior where I don't wonder what kind of mold or other organisms that I might be contacting. A dry log where my pen/pencil can actually write on is nice.
  23. The first time I open the cache page if not before..........
  24. Check out this cache : GCJMPR It had a disposable camera in it and the instructions were to take a picture of yourself and anyone with you. Check the picture gallery. My wife and I are on picture VT 2007 Pic 12 and son and wife are on VT 2007 Pic 13. The camera seemed to work good enough. We found the cache on April 13, 2007 just after a spring thaw. We think the camera was in the cache (ammo box) all winter. Edit: corrected date, 2007, not 2008
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