WillRun4Cache

I am heartened to see so many supportive posts on this issue! Go geocachers! I am often tempted to "take matters into my own hands" when it comes to animal cruelty. The few inadequate laws out there to protect animals are rarely enforced and even when offenders are arrested, the courts often let them off the hook - ESPECIALLY if they are young offenders. It's a subject that can truly stir the blood. THAT SAID, I must counsel myself and others to have patience and foresight when dealing with these matters. Sign petitions, write letters to newspapers and politicians, make informed consumer decisions - but, of course, never engage in violence to combat violence! It seems that 'beefsquad' has gone through all of the appropriate channels to ensure that this matter is dealt with. KUDOS. a petition that I urge all B.C.'ers to sign: www.endanimalcruelty.com In BC, there is virtually no government funding for animal-cruelty investigations. check out current animal rights issues with: www.peta.com Does anyone else have ideas on ways to combat animal cruelty WITHIN the law? The replies to this post have shown that there is a great deal of passion felt about animal cruelty. If we could channel this passion into concerted action, we could truly make a difference (trite, but true).

Hi there! I live in the Van area and just got three caches downtown today. Seem to be lots there. The ones I found were "Manor of Fact", "Stanley's Secret Animal Code", and "Sunset View". I'm new at this and found these all without difficulty, so they're easy enough. If you want a geocaching companion who's more or less familiar with the area, email me. I'm new at this and I've never met another geocacher.

Well, I got my very first cache using the Forerunner 305! If I'd had the heartrate monitor on, I'll bet my hr would have spiked when I found it! Such a good feeling! I think I might be hooked. I am eager to make that (1) beside my name a number in the double digits! Other people that have found this cache have hundreds of finds! I don't know if I'll be able to get that many, but I'm meeting a friend later today and I hope she'll let me drag her along for another find! Eager to meet other people who are into this!

"...you may not have a good unit for caching." "Again, if I'm wrong forgive me but I just want you to not be dismayed about caching because of your unit." Nothing to forgive. Big thanks for any input I can get, in fact! Apparently, I can transfer waypoints but not maps using the Forerunner. This might not be enough for geocaching. I don't know. I'll try it out this weekend. But, I will try not to get discouraged if it doesn't work well for geocaching. Since it didn't cost as much as I'd thought, I could always look into buying another unit. You're right, I could sell it and make a profit on eBay if I sold it right now (because there seems to be a lot of buzz around it in the running community). However, I took it on two runs into a bout of illness hit me (argh! bad timing!) and I liked using it. My work schedule is kinda strange, so I can't find running partners and I need something to pace me and push me. This might be it. Thanks for your input!

So, I had my name on a list at a local Running Room to get a Garmin Forerunner 305 as soon as one came in. Apparently, all the Running Rooms are sold out and only get a few in every 2 weeks. Today, I went to an equipment store I'd never been to before (nice place, though in a strange location) and bought one AND I saved $126 over what I would have paid at the Running Room. I don't mean to knock The Running Room - they provide services and support for novice runners that may be worth spending more money for some people. But $126 bucks is a lot to me! I am now soooo excited to get started with this for running and trying out my first geocache hunt. There's one in the parkland just behind my house that I will try to find tonight or tomorrow. I thought I would look for it as soon as I got home and figured out the unit, but it has to charge for 3 hours. I'm impatient! Can't wait to get started!

Hi. This is my very first post. I want to buy a GPS unit and try geocaching. I'm a runner and I thought that the GPS Forerunners (a local store has the 201) seem really neat but I wasn't sure if I could use one for geocaching. But you use yours for it? Getting speed read-outs would be the main reason I would want a Forerunner as opposed to another GPS unit. Are they accurate? Any advice would be appreciated. I'm sorry - you were asking questions and I'm just asking more questions, instead of answering yours! NiffNewt