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This was around long before Geocaching started. Someone, not the creator, made it into a cache. Mr. Little Guy's House

I get 15 hours with my 1700mAh Energizer rechargeables.

quote:Originally posted by Irvingdog:Canoe cache is great, but the ice might not be good enough yet. The Canoe Cache is archived for the winter. Hopefully, it will come back in the spring.

Nevermind. I think I figured it out. Thanks.

I am using a GPS V with MapSource 4.09/City select v 4.01. When I try and upload maps to the GPS V, I get an error message: quote: "Your GPS supports automatic route calculation and the map(s) you have selected include route calculation data; however, your preferences are set to remove this data. If you want to include this data, press Cancel to stop the data transfer, then change your preferences. accordingly." I do not see where this data is being shut off. If I continue with the upload, I am able to autoroute with my GPS V, though it will not autoroute at the street level like City Select will. Is this how it is suppose to work? I also get all of the POI data. I've sent this to Garmin, but thought that I would check here also.

I have thought a lot about leaving the sport for a while now. At least as far as logging caches on the web site. We have a few people in this area that are really into the numbers of the game. They really try and pad their hide counts. A number of people have placed 10 caches in a 1500 foot radius in one park here, six of those are from one cacher. I have a choice whether to hunt these caches or not, and usually I choose not to avoid them, but it really gets annoying when these caches start to interfere with my “closest list” and my Pocket Query. I usually end up hunting them just to get them off my list. This is what I did this weekend. I hunted 14 caches, 12 which were placed by one cacher. It seemed more like work than fun. If I ever leave the game, it will be for this reason. [This message was edited by eroom on November 11, 2002 at 12:40 PM.]

Here's one that I did. Cache hunters seemed to like it. The container only lasted a few months before it started to decompose. Synthetic materials would work better. [This message was edited by eroom on October 30, 2002 at 09:18 AM.]

The cold is fine. Normally, you should worry about condensation on the film and lens if you are bringing the camera from a cold environment to a warmer environment, but that really isn't the case with a Geocache. Heat would be more of a problem. Cold actually helps to preserve the film. Film is much more vulnerable to heat damage. Forget about leaving one of those things in direct sunlight.

I disagree that the whole Geocaching community has been aware of the DNR’s policy on caching. A posting was made on the DNR’s web site. Not every Geocacher visits the DNR web site. Someone from this forum saw the message and posted it here. Yes, the work was spread, but not every Geocacher participates in these online forums. If you look at the people who still have traditional caches in the State Parks, you will see that they do not post to this forum. It is unknown whether they read the forums or not. All I am asking is that these cache owners be given the benefit of the doubt and allow them to remove their caches themselves. Send them a note stating the DNR’s policy and asking them to remove the caches before they get removed. I think a little bit of education directed at the cache owners could go a long way towards developing goodwill between the Geocacher and the DNR and this could strengthen future compliance with the State’s policy. It seems to me that it could also be a cost saving effort on behalf of the GIS rep. A trip or just the time it take to hike out to a cache and searching for it, could be save with a simple email. I did not think that these confiscated caches were being destroyed by the State. I’m sorry if I gave you that impression. Thank you for you explanation of ‘GIS’.

I would like to thank you for your understanding tone and the respect that you have displayed towards our community. We have received quite the opposite response from some government sector employees in the past. One thing that I would like to suggest is to allow that the cache owners time to remove their caches themselves. I know that a posting was made on the DNR’s web site and plenty of conversation has been made of this subject on our various forums, but not all of the Geocachers participate in the forums or visit the DNR’s web site. Some cachers may be unaware of the State’s stance on Geocaching in State Parks and could be contacted via email to inform them of the policy and request that they remove their caches. BTW, what is a ‘GIS’ representative? Thank you for your support. I will be interest in hearing how this committee proceeds. [This message was edited by eroom on September 26, 2002 at 11:02 AM.]

You might want to make a posting at the GEM site also. I see that a couple of people are from Winona on the members list.

Yesterday, I created a timeline of visits to “Cooke’s Cache” in the past year. I wasn’t sure why I was doing it, but it really illustrates how little traffic a cache in this state park actually receives. Cooke's Cache timeline This event did take place on August 3rd. There was a tent at the parking lot with a “Minnesota Orienteering Club” banner attached to it. No action that The People’s Republic of Minnesota takes will ever surprise me.

Eagle Lake Cache by Ko_tis_vey can be done on rollerblades. Some of the trails are a bit rough.

Here's one in Rainy Lake, but for some reason it is unavailable at this time. eroom

Here's one in Rainy Lake, but for some reason it is unavailable at this time. eroom

View of the Fair has a night time bonus on Fridays and Saturdays during the summer. Fireworks! eroom

quote:Originally posted by John Moriarty: (snip) Yes, we monitor the geocaching sites and know what is being said. Making multi-step caches, so that we chase hints around the parks is not a positive move either. Virtual caches are a good idea. I have already communicated with a geocacher about setting one up in our parks. Virtual cache sites still have to be respectful of the resource manager’s concerns. (snip) Thanks, John Moriarty, Natural Resources Specialist Ramsey County Parks and Recreation John.moriarty@co.ramsey.mn.us http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/parks/parks_trails/hiking.html (our geocaching policy) p.s. When corresponding with resource managers please use your real names, not your nicknames. For the record, my earlier post about multi-caches was said in jest. Of course nothing like this should be done with the goal to annoy park managers. And caches without permission should be removed from State Parks, even though you know the government doesn’t have the man power, (due to budget problems), to remove them themselves. eroom

quote:Originally posted by Bobhiker: Is there anything in the rule book about vertual caches in State Parks? Maybe everyone who has one in a state park will make an interesting vertual cache to replace the actual cache. There is more we can do with this game! There is alot of abandoned litter in parks. Maybe we could use these as caches? The state promotes a sort of virtual caching game of their own with the Hiking Club program. Some of the loop trails in the state parks are designated Hiking Club trails. Halfway through the loop a sign is posted with a code word on it. You get patches after 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, and 190 miles are hiked. They charge $12.95 for their game. eroom

quote:Originally posted by Hinge Thunder: The rangers couldn't remove it! I have thought about doing a multipart geocache in a national park with the final cachebox outside the park. The thought of rangers running around the park following the clues, and deterimned to remove the cache from their park, only to get to the end and find out it is not in their park gives me a chuckle. In the GPS model of the universe, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line...through creeks, thorn bushes, horse piles, whatever.... Of course, you could also do the opposite. Place a multi-cache with the starting origin outside of the park. Just imagine the fun they would have visiting all the caches that pop-up in the areas surrounding the park just to make sure that the final location doesn’t fall inside of the park. And just for fun, some decoy caches would be nice. eroom

quote:Originally posted by Hinge Thunder: The rangers couldn't remove it! I have thought about doing a multipart geocache in a national park with the final cachebox outside the park. The thought of rangers running around the park following the clues, and deterimned to remove the cache from their park, only to get to the end and find out it is not in their park gives me a chuckle. In the GPS model of the universe, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line...through creeks, thorn bushes, horse piles, whatever.... Of course, you could also do the opposite. Place a multi-cache with the starting origin outside of the park. Just imagine the fun they would have visiting all the caches that pop-up in the areas surrounding the park just to make sure that the final location doesn’t fall inside of the park. And just for fun, some decoy caches would be nice. eroom

Here's another source you could try: http://members.aol.com/basidium/midwusa.html#Minnesota eroom

I have a cache container that I made out of tree bark. I'm almost ready to place it. I was thinking about putting in Mary Hills Nature area in Golden Valley, MN. It turned out pretty well, for a prototype. I'll let ya know when I place it. eroom

quote:Originally posted by estranho: I'm trying to think of a way that would require someone to hunt a cache at night to increase the challenge. I’ve got an idea for your “night only” cache. On an outdoors show, they had a nifty little product that was simply office type, thumb tacks with reflector tape wrapped around them. You could easily make these yourself and place them at lease 8 feet in a tree, (or wherever). Place a microcache at the base or somewhere on this tree. The microcache contains the coordinates for the final cache. On the cache page, you could give the coordinates 60 ft. to the west, for example, of the microcache with the instructions to use a flashlight and walk in a general direction to find the reflectors, thus the location of the microcache and the final coordinates. I think the tacks would be too small to spot in the daylight. I hope this makes sense. eroom

I'm heading out to the Black Hills in the middle of June, so if it comes close to Minneapolis, I'll make sure it gets pretty close to Sturgis. eroom