the3gmen

They are on the move again. As of right now (8:30 am) they are about 1.5 miles away.

I'm guessing quod erat constituo. (My Latin is very rusty)

I believe its central time zone. Its 2.36pm. Fort Albany is Eastern time zone. That part of Ontario is in the eastern time zone, so as I type this, it is 4:12 in the afternoon.

How far from the river is the cache? The cache page says that the cache is about 75 yards from the river.

What is the record for the longest online cache found log ? If they are keeping notes on their whole trip, they could easily transcribe those into the found log giving us details of the whole trip from where they put in (including pictures I hope).

so much for my noon on Friday prediction. I'm glad to see that they are taking their time and doing some exploring on the way down the river. Is there anyone following this thread that has actually been down this river ? I'm wondering is someone could describe what the landscape is like around there. From the google maps terrain map, it looks very flat. Are there trees ? Bushes ? Or is it just pretty much bogs and swamps ?

It looks like they are stopping at Ghost River. I hope that they are taking plenty of pictures to share with us.

It looks like they are having a nice relaxed lunch stop today. They haven't moved much in the last hour. Maybe they are placing a cache. edit: just as I posted that, they started moving again.

If they keep up the pace of yesterday, I'm guessing they'll get to the cache area Friday at noon.

I was searching around on the internet this morning and came across that article ( http://missinaibi-yuri.blogspot.com/2007/02/albany-river-1983.html ). A very interesting read. From the SPOT tracking page ( http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0uomkKqW99n9fSp5yelznVYdc0M1AU2AO ) you can see the coordinates of each posting, but I haven't been able to highlight and cut them to make a track. It's a little more tedious to actually type them into another window but as they get closer I just might do that. One of their latest coordinates was 50.60442 -84.47739 and the cache is at N 51° 55.225 W 082° 42.669 . Using this site ( http://boulter.com/gps/distance/?from=&to=&units=m ) that puts them about 120 miles away from the cache as the crow flies.

Technology certainly is amazing. I can sit in my living room and follow this trip online. A quick google brought me to this picture of a cabin that they must have passed by yesterday. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/16679385

This looks interesting.

I'm happy it worked out. Enjoy !!!

On the Chrome toolbar, click the "Customize and control Google Chrome" menu. (it looks like 3 horizontal lines and is near the upper right corner for me) When that menu opens, click on settings (about 3/4 of the way down) Once that menu opens, scroll to the bottom and click "show advanced settings" Once that menu opens, scroll down a little to the "Downloads" section and either give it a location you want ALL off your downloads saved to OR click the box next to "Ask where to save each file before downloading" which is probably the best choice for you. Since the gpx file is automatically opening with GSAK for you, you will also need to click the "clear auto-opening settings" button just a little lower. The next time you try downloading a gpx file, you should get a pop-up asking where you want to put the file. I hope this helps.

I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for but I came across while surfing the web. http://www.ebay.com/itm/GlobalSat-BU-353-SiRF-III-USB-GPS-receiver-/360504737431?rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D163%26meid%3D6547708260708948610%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D1088%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D261189818872%26

This

I think I tried all of the free demos when I got my android tablet. They all take a while to get used to. Since I already have a dedicated gpsr, I finally settled on GDAK.

I don't think that the original poster was saying that this was the only way to do it. Some cachers don't want or need all of the features of a program like Locus. I only want to be able to see the cache listing details on my android device without having to have an internet connection. No maps etc. Since I have GSAK I don't need the "gpx2gsak" program the OP describes. But it is nice to know it is there for someone who needs it.

Are you sure you are ready for the FTF competition ?

Just to be a stick in the mud - there is a big difference between the browser based google maps and google earth and the many apps for smartphones that include google maps. Of course, you are correct. I read too quickly and assumed. Silly me.

Welcome to geoaching !!! I see that you are a premium member. Probably the major benefit of that is the ability to run pocket queries (PQ's to those in the know) Check out this page to get started, and come back here for more help if you need it. http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=28

If you unzip the pocket query file, you will find a .gpx file (or 2). Figure out which one is larger in size and just drag it into the google earth window.

That's the best way. Remember, when you stop looking for caches, the ammo-cans win.

Actually, the lack of punctuation just makes you look immature and uneducated. unless you have something constructive to add to the thread may i suggest you refrain from posting and forming an opinion of someone you know nothing about sorry just realised you are american that explains everything It looks like you just expressed an opinion about everyone in a whole country. I will agree with you that Lil Devil didn't express their point in the best way, but it was a little difficult to understand your original post. Anyway, as for advice on getting back to finding caches, as others have mentioned, try sticking to the larger caches with lower difficulty ratings until you get the hang of it. Alternately, you could also try contacting someone who has found one of the caches you missed and asking if you could go cache hunting with them. If you are still trying to interest your grandkids in hunting caches, it would probably be best to find the caches yourself before taking them out. That way they will not get frustrated by the "did not finds" like my sons did when we first started.

You mentioned in your DNF log that you did find "one cache in a lock-n-lock but I don't think that was the one (was marked with a lesser geocaching site)" That may well be the cache you were looking for. Sometimes caches are listed on more than one geocaching site.