Dare2Geocache

Well, I just figured out the answer to a mystery that has been a problem lately. Last spring I hosted a Community Celebration Event, but few local cachers posted "Will Attend." So I contacted all the regulars I knew and personally invited them. Many said they did not get a notification. Fast forward to this fall. While scanning the local caching map, I noticed another Community Celebration Event that I had not gotten a notification for. So I checked my notifications settings and saw that I hadn't set up notifications for Community Celebration Events because, frankly, I set up my notifications so long ago that there was no such thing. I also noticed that I didn't have any set up for new virtual or locationless listings, because new virtuals and locationlesses are only a fairly recent thing. That explains why I've only found new virtuals/locationlesses on the map by accident. I'm sure I'm not the only one with this problem. Is there a way for the website to suggest everyone review their settings every so often?

Is there any way for HQ to sift through the 02-02-2020 logs and post some of the most creative? I had fun writing mine using a bunch of palindromes, and I'd love to read others' funny logs, too.

I just got a pop-up window while on geocaching.com stating, "Help us make geocaching.com better and earn a $20 Amazon Gift Voucher. Geocaching HQ is looking for cachers who'd like to participate in a remote usability test. To qualify simply fill in the short form below. If you are selected, you will be contacted by a member of our team." It asks for my name, city, and email. What is this? Is it legit? Thanks for your help.

Here are your first two geotrails for the North Carolina list. Long Ago But Not Far Away - Spring Mountain and Long Ago But Not Far Away - Fairview Both are unusual in that they can be found by anyone, but the prizes are only for kids 12 years old and under. Only four finds are required to earn a certificate and prize bag; geocoin for completing both geotrails. Both can be done in a day, unless you dawdle at the old barn to see the chickens and rabbits!

Wow!! THANK YOU! I've been trying everything under the sun all day. How frustrating. I've called Garmin Customer Service five times but made no progress. This worked, so I can now get back outside and go caching!

I've had the same problem and finally came up with a solution, not an easy/quick solution, but one that at least works. No credit to myself; I had to probe my local geomentor's mind for this. Assuming that you have Easy GPS installed on your computer, and that Garmin Spanner is "on." Also, my geomentor suggests backing up all your waypoints in Base Camp before fooling with this. 1) Connect your 62s to your computer with the USB cable. 2) Choose "Yes" for mass storage. 3) On your computer, click "Start" and choose "Computer." 4) Click "Garmin GPSMAP62s." 5) Open Garmin folder. 6) Open GPX folder. 7) You should see all the geocaches in your GPSr. If you've loaded via pocket query, they should be at the bottom, labeled "Send to GPS (date)." If you loaded them directly from Geocaching.com, they should be listed individually. (Saved routes are here, too.) 8) Open any geocache or pocket query to clearly identify it. Then return to the listing and right click, Delete whichever ones you want to get rid of. This is kind of clumsy if you have hundreds of caches to delete, but hopefully if you have that many, you loaded them via large pocket queries and therefore can delete whole pocket queries at a time. If you want to keep the unfound caches in a pocket query, the only thing I can think of is to delete the whole pq and then make another pq with the same values, except exclude "found caches." I'm definitely NOT an expert, but I feel your pain, and I hope this helps.

My mother (87!) really enjoys geocaching and wants her own GPSr. She is very intelligent but definitely not tech-savvy. No interest in computers; she just wants to get out there and find caches. Cost is not a particular problem, but it must be easy to operate, without a lot of submenus, etc. She also needs something with a large, easily readable screen. Which GPSr would be best for her?

When I asked at my (small) local library for a book on geocaching, the librarian was fascinated with the subject. No geocaching books were found, so she suggested that our library buy one for everyone to enjoy! Which one would be best for general use? Please give book title and author of your favorite. Thanks!