sadukie

From one new cacher to another - always look at the cache descriptions and titles. Many cachers can be very punny and good at hiding hints in those spots.

We're new to GPSes. The one we own and love now is a i-Blue High Sensitivity Bluetooth GPS, which we use in conjunction with a Dell Axim x50v.

I log my DNFs and then I usually contact whoever placed the cache. In the few DNFs we've had, one did turn out to be a missing cache. I figure that if I log my DNFs, then the maintainers can check if it's missing or they may be able to steer my newbieness in the right direction.

One of our college friends has been into geocaching and had been bugging us to try it. Well, we went on vacation with him and his girlfriend a few weeks ago and got hooked then. Since coming back, we've found more caches on our own

Losing my GPS signal and getting lost in woods...

We found a cache yesterday morning (GCVAZC - Boz) that had probably the most interesting container. Let's just say that there have been a few of us afraid to touch it, as it looks like it belongs there as part of the life at the scene.

i use only cachemate on my dell axim. works perfectly

After playing around for a while with 2006 HH, my wife and I figured it all out. I can now sucessfully take a .GPX from geocaching.com and change it to waypoints that delorme can use. 1) get the GPX file 2) change it to a compatible format here: http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/gpsbabel/ you want to choose gpx input to delorme handheld output. 3) copy/paste the code at the end of this post into a file called "convert.vbs" 4) copy your converted file from step 2 into its own directory (trust me on this) with convert.vbs 5) run convert.vbs. it will ask for the name of the converted file. 6) after its run, you'll have a file for each entry in the converted file. so if you have 200 entries in your GPX, you'll have 200 little waypoint files. copy those into your "my documents" on the handheld device. when you open up delorme, you'll have all your waypoints loaded! you can manage the waypoint files however you want. i keep different batches based on the GPX file. an example would be is I keep the 44143 zip code 15 mi radius GPX file in a directory with all of the extracted waypoint files.. I have a seperate directory for my 44134 15 mi GPX and waypoints. I hope this makes some sense. delmore isnt *that* bad as a tracking tool for geocaches, just takes some persuasion Dim objFileSystem, objOutputFile Dim strOutputFile Dim kitty, chinchilla, fish1 dog = InputBox("Filename?") strInputFile = "./" & dog Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile (strInputFile, 1) kitty = 1 Do Until objTextFile.AtEndOfStream chinchilla = objTextFile.Readline fish2 = InStr(chinchilla,"::") fish2= fish2 - 1 fish1 = Left(chinchilla,fish2) Set objFileSystem = CreateObject("Scripting.fileSystemObject") Set objOutputFile = objFileSystem.CreateTextFile(Right(fish1,6) & ".wpt", TRUE) objOutputFile.WriteLine(chinchilla) objOutputFile.CloseSet objFileSystem = Nothing kitty = kitty + 1 Loop WScript.Quit(0)

Yesterday, while we were at one of the caches, my husband was moving something probably more than it should be (going to be as vague as possible so as not to ruin the cache). We knew it was the cache but we weren't sure how to disassemble it. Well, we eventually disassembled it the proper way and were able to sign it. As we were walking towards another cache on the same property, a cop had pulled in. I was freaking out - didn't know how to explain this to him. But as soon as he saw my husband and I walking and talking and using our PDA, he had a good idea what we were there for and left us be. I think he was laughing at us when we were walking to the cache's title area, but as soon as we were at the second cache spot and signing the log, he drove off. Next time we run into a cop, we'll probably explain what we're really doing and ask if (s)he wants to join in

Our friend Matt (mattopia) has been prodding us to cache for quite awhile. We heard his prods but didn't really do much. Then this past Memorial Day, we were down in Raleigh, visiting a friend, and Matt and his girlfriend (Sexy Dana) got us to do a few caches with them down there. This sparked a bug in us. Yesterday, my husband and I tackled a few near us and did our first multi, and we're hooked (And now I have ideas for setting up my own multis.... arggh )