Eddieandeddie

I just got a 60Cx for Christmas, and though I haven't loaded maps or anything else, it says 120.03mb Free Space.

When creating a route on Google Earth, as per the instructions for "Caching along a route!", what if you want to go a different way than it automatically calculates? You can adjust the route manually in Google Maps, but then how do you import/export/save as gpx that? Obviously, my end goal is to create a PQ of my route. Am I stuck using the route GE thinks I should take? Thanks for any help, this is my first time creating a route.

Been having a heck of a time getting PQs - 24 hrs+ between submit and recieve.

Hi bone shaker, I have a GCF coin as well, and would be interested in doing that if you figure out a way to do it w/o damaging the coin. Let me know! Eddie (Eddieandeddie)

I'd get a set. Seems like it might lend some credibility to us among LEOs, not that it's a state approved hobby, but that it is something we're serious about, and not just a bunch of yahoos doing something weird they've never heard of, or prowling lowlifes. Plus we'd know when we pull up we're in the right place!

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Who the hell cares, let alone goes searching all over the country for logs like this?

My Legend has worked great, although it's the only model I've had any experience with. I download all my waypoints into GSAK and then into the unit. Well worth the $120 or so I paid for it. 390 finds and counting.

I do a lot of caching alone...son is often in school or otherwise busy. I haven't gotten to any that are really physically challenging outside of a hike, or where I thought I might get lost. The compass in my head is pretty good, knock on wood (literally, sometimes). I HAVE come across some dicey looking individuals, in out-of-the-way spots, and kept on my toes, but generally, like animals, they seem to be more afraid of me than I of them. Geocachers in general are suspect to muggles, plus I guess I look rough and usually carry a large stick of some sort. Bottom line, each cacher has to assess the risk of each cache based on the situation. By all means, if it feels funny, walk away. A smiley isn't worth it.

The only idiosyncracy I have is that I hunt milestones that have a marine theme: #100 Riptide #200 No Wake Zone #300 Canal View. I'll probably save "Boat View" for #400. Hey Propers, what was #666?

When I got my GPS I figured out how to transfer by compuer long before I figured out how to enter a waypoint manually. The GPS manuals are not all that great. No kidding. I have a Legend, and the manual is gibberish to a complete newbie. I found my first 75 caches by just looking at the satellite page and moving until the numbers matched the coords in the listing. Over time, of course, I've learned to enter manually, create PQs and enter into GSAK, transfer waypoints automatically, etc. But there are still some features I don't understand, and I'm not even bothering with the manual. Actually, I don't even know where it is anymore.

Hi Degai, Just FYI, The Geocoin Fairy was out this way a couple months ago...we found one in a cache in Hampton. We didn't even realize what a special find it was until I ran across this thread (or one like it) here on the forums. Luckily we kept it! So in terms of degrees of separation, you personally know someone who has found one! Ha ha Take care, Eddie

I use www.geocoder.us all the time. Works great.

I'm not getting a very clear picture of exactly what this game entails, but I'm game, and joined the game. Guess I need a partner.

Hi LTTB, Here is what I do when I travel somewhere new. Go to www.geocoder.us and enter the street address of where you are staying (in your case, the 4 Seasons). This will give you the coords of the hotel. Then on gc.com, go to "Hide and seek a cache" and enter the coords. That will give you all the caches in the area, starting with the ones closest to you and working outward. Then just browse and see which ones interest you. Don't forget the "see map" feature "view in Google maps". I usually start with the closest cache, see the map, and then get the lay of the land (and caches) from there. Hopes this helps. PS. I'm from Ketchikan, but live in VA now.

I'll add a second vote for Dot Plotter. Great to work with, and committed to safe geocaching.

I had a cache on an old Fotomat kiosk in a mall parking lot. The thing had been sitting there for 25+ years. Then I came along and put a cache on it, and a month later they demolish it. Drove by one day and there was nothing but a hole in the pavement. Not sure when they did it, and not sure if anyone hunted it and found the whole darn thing gone. Oh well, hazards of caching...sometimes large, supposedly permanent objects just vanish along with their caches.