skeeter-n-lucy

Unless you have an electronic compass, it can't. I teach my students to remember that there is about a 30 foot circle that their reading may not change. When they get close to a cache, lets say, they start walking in concentric circles, keeping the arrow at a 90 degree pointing in until they get a good location where they are going... I also teach them to not turn unless they are moving... I hope this helps!

Blackburn Lancashire, London, and a town where the University of Woolverampton is. It is an educational summit on using Interactive Whiteboards. I won the trip in a lesson contest through Promethean Inc... Maybe I'll find a few caches while there....

Hi all, I am travelling to the UK in October for an educational summit. I want to take my GPS. Being Geo - centric to the US, I am curious....will my Merigold work in the UK? I assume that it will but you know what happens when we ASSUME!. I guess I will have to buy some software for the UK or just do without maps..... If this post needs to be moved, please do so!! I might even sneak my Garmin forerunner out on the flight over!!!

Oops, sorry I searched and did not find it! Thanks!!!

Man dies while playing Internet scavenger hunt 07:45 AM CST on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 Just saw this in the Dallas Morning News... Associated Press SAN ANTONIO - Authorities say a San Antonio man apparently fell to his death during an Internet scavenger hunt. The body of James Max Chamberlain, 64, was discovered Sunday in Eisenhauer Park. "He either slipped and fell down the ravine, or he was trying to walk up the little incline and slipped back," said Lt. Rosie Vasques, of the San Antonio Police Department. Authorities believe Chamberlain was using a recently-purchased global positioning system to find his way. His wife reported Chamberlain missing late Saturday when he didn't return home. Police were able to locate Chamberlain's body in a remote area of the park by using coordinates he left behind. The death is being treated as an accident. An autopsy has been ordered.

Try walking in circles, keeping your directional arrow at right angles to your direction when you get into the 30-50 foot range, and spiral in in concentric circles...works for me!

I am wondering if lavarock had actual permission from the land owner or "frisbee"permission. If they only had "frisbee" permission, would it have come off the same way if the land manager/owner actually knew this was on their property? A land owner called me once to come look at a suspicious shack on the back of his newly willed peoperty. It turned out to be an old construction dynamite shack that had been there for almost 50 years. Professional Law Enforcement training calls for the officer on the scene to call those with the appropriate training. I do not see that as over reaction or CYA. It is following protocalls and procedures that are in place for the protection of the general public and the oficer themselves. I do not expect you to agree with me as I have seen the negative law enforcement slant on this website. That's the cool thing about forums like this! Could this have all been avoided with a litte communication???

Wow, I'm surprised. There are alot of other places to hide caches for the general public, why schools?? It's hard enough to teach without having the day interrupted by some guy walking across school grounds, looking for a cache, without properly being there. You must register at our office before you may tour the property and all vehicles and people coming onto school property are subject to search. I am just amazed that some are willing to give up the securtity of our children just to find a cache.

I guess I should cancel my campout that weekend with 30 Boy Scouts to whom I am introducing Geocaching. Why would this be necessary when the tool/process to fix poorly maintained caches already exists? I vote for removing the "u"! My Grandma used to tell me not to point at others because there were always three fingers pointing back at you...In other words, I have enough to do without somebody else minding my business for me! Dear Sir, We, the neighborhood association, have decided that your BMW is not kept clean enough and is not waxed often enough for our taste. Persuant to TPTB, we are allowing your neighbor to take ownership of your valued BMW and your first born child(For labor costs and their hair was not cut to the specified length.) Yes, we know that others have yet to wash and wax their car but we had to set a precedent with someone! Yes, we would like to mind our own business but, well, err, we didn't have Skeeter's Grandmother to instill her wisdom upon us and have too much time on our hands. Sincerely, Your Friends, Much Love, The Neighborhood Association. BTW- I have a pick-up truck, no beemer here! EDIT- to add BTW

Just loaded it and the firmware update to our two 201's and works great! Simple and esasy to use....just my speed.

SJ, Where did you get the book. I'll check for one in Beaumont when I go this weekend.

I agree on having a historical markers designation. My wife teaches history and they can be used in her class. I probably would find more historical markers than regular caches. I have been wanting to find the coordinates of all of the State Trooper Memorials in Texas.(Which I believe is different from historical markers, I guess) and come up with a page with them on it.

yah tah hey...I used to be an agent for a YMCA in Dallas. Out trailblazers were a pretty active group. Email me and Ill give you an idea what I am doing for a local Boy SCout troop this spring...The trailblazers are the kids too old for the IG/IP program. Not really sure what the Y calls it now..."Y-Guides"????

Wow, you must be peeking into my house. I just pulled my copie(s) of the books from the shelf. I haven't read them since high school and have been itchin to read them again. That Lord of the Rings thingy set my mind to wandering about that series!!

CITO will be a part of my presentation as well!!

Thanks for the positive comments. I'm actually a teacher and teach several of the scouts. Their Scoutmaster has made the request after going on a school sponsored trip to New Orleans and I talked about Geocaching the whole way. I drove the bus and used my Meridian for guidance... mbrownjer, I'd love any info you can give me. PM me or email me, your choice... Here is my plan. I will attemd several scout meetings in advance and explain GPS, geocaching, and then give instruction on how to use the GPSr. We will the go on a campout at an area where there are actually 4 caches in the park and 4 on the lake. We will do some of those caches in the afternoon after my geo-game below. I am going to have a geocaching puzzle where the coordinates to the final cache will be pieces of the puzzle. We will break the scouts up into 4 groups of 4-6 and they will take turns using the GPSr to lead to the clue caches. Once all of the clues are obtained, they will go as a group to the final cache where a prize will be waiting for them. My school district has a dozen etrexes which they have graciously allowed me to use. Any other ideas??

Thats what I wanted...your opinions. I just wondered if someone would mind 2-24 logs on their cache like that...I guess I could contact the cache owners and explain to them what was going on...

I've been asked to give a presentation and lesson on geocaching which will culminate in a campout where I will have some multi caches for the scouts to find...only for the day. There are three caches in the park where we will be camping and three more within a quick boat ride on the lake. I want to encourage the scouts to cache but am unsure if I should have them log as one group or individually? I searched and could not find a prior post although I thought I had seen one a long time ago... Thanks for any help.

I'm a freshman Algebra teacher...you guys are killing me!!!!!! "When will we use this in the real world?" I have an answer now... "While geocaching!" You should see their faces while I'm explaining geocaching!

Awesome!!

You can only download four regions but you can make your region size allowed larger. Go to the Meridian Yahoo Group and download the meridian faq from the files section. It's better than the instructions that came with it!

I used to enjoy explaining to people that without voluntaary compliance of traffic laws that I was necessary. I was just that reminder that once you didn't voluntarily comply, I was there to help you along in the process. I still remember the kid who I wrote three different seat belt tickets to (2-3 year span) who thanked me at the hospital when he had his seat belt on, when the car he was a passenger in, rolled at 110 mph. Well, at least I got one of his daily bad decision making processes altered..... Oh by the way...geocaching.

I like mine for it's stated purpose. I think enetering coordinates would be a hassle. Pretty good for exercise though!!!

Edit the comments, its your cache...you set the page, do it the way you want to.

Glad to hear they didn't get a ticket. I can't see an officer writing a ticket for a GPS obstructing view unless there was an accident and it was determined a cause or a factor. I would rather write tickets that I could defend without looking like a fool in court. I can see it now, the judge says, "You stpped them for what????" eash tim that happens you lose a bit of credibility!! Actually Radar detectors are illegal in all 50 states in Commercial Motor Vehicles. A radar detector emits a signal that can be detected, hence the radar detector detector. I had one in my car specifically for CMV enforcement. I beat a whole lot of radar detectors and jammers. I guess it comes down to using common sense and playing the"game". The Kustom video units have an interface for a GPS to track your location... The THP trained us the same way. To be able to judge speed based upon a visual observation first, then use the radar second, then compare patrol speed on the radar to the patrol speed on your car. Alot to do in a few seconds huh!!!