Okiebryan

That reminds me. I have one I need to drop. Thanks for bringing this up.

I saw a great website, with one thing missing.... What about listing local or nearby places to RV camp? Are there any state parks or RV parks nearby? Any chance for a discount on those? Actually thinking about going to this one....

IMHO this is not a big deal.

I feel your pain. Cujo wanted his own account, but I cut off his computer access when I caught him looking at porn and using MY credit card to order dog toys. Baaaaaad dog! No cache stats for YOU!!! Too funny! Our dadgum dog already has 31 finds! I have to admit, some of the logs ARE kinda cute...

If she starts logging finds that we don't have, then THAT could be a problem....

Look at this! She has created a profile for our dog. Logging finds and everything. Granted, she is a great cachehound, an even better trail dog, but I think this is about silly.... What do y'all think? The profile

I'm wondering this, too. Maybe you should start a new thread?

What about at virtuals??? We have a few pretty good examples of those.

Come again?????

Well, you already have an account at geocaching.com and that's a start. I found my first few caches without a GPSr (GPS receiver) but they were very difficult, to put it nicely. A GPSr receives free and clear signals from satellites in space. Put there by the US govt. There is no subscription. You only have to buy the receiver. Opinions on what unit is good for a starter are many and varied. Many like the yellow etrex ($70 I think) but it doesn't have a mapping feature, which I find very useful. I started with the Garmin eTrex Legend. I bought it here for $125. It is a good little unit. Of course, now I want the Legend cx, but Christmas is coming soon, so who knows? Welcome to our little addiction. The only addiction I've found that is good for your health...lol I've lost 15 LBS and am in better shape than I've been in for 20 years.

Ok now I feel REALLY stupid. Guess I shouldn't have shared?

Oh, so I'm the only one....

Heck yeah, swag this good doesn't come along every day!

Here is the log from our first cache experience that I can say I was actually scared.... The first cache on Elk Mountain 2nd Elk Mountain cache The third The log: We brought the camper down from Clinton to make a weekend of caching, Wichita Mountains style. After a halfhearted day (and night) of caching Great Plains State Park on a VERY windy Saturday, we continued our (FAR less winday) Sunday assault on the WMWR virtuals. We came up here to get the Earthcache, but as we approached the summit, we realized that there were 2 virtuals very close by. We took pics of both, stopped for a bit to rest and rehydrate, and took off toward our goal. When we found it, we found that the camera had dead batteries. Ok, no problem, borrow some from the eTrex Legend! Same result, "Batteries Depleted, Camera is Shutting Down". Now we have no GPS! So we spend FOREVER - I MEAN HOURS - wandering aimlessly around the top of Elk Mountain, lost as lost could be. Jeez, these game trails go EVERYWHERE. When we FINALLY found something familiar, and it led back to the summit - and the trail we needed - it was almost dark. I know we are in trouble now, as we are only wearing layered shirts. No jackets. It's in the 40's and dropping fast. We KNEW we'd be down before dark, so we left all the lights in the truck. On top of that, there is NO MOON tonight. @#%&@! I decide that now is the time to call for help. I call the Comanche CO Sheriff. The dispatcher was VERY knowledgeable about where we were. I explained our predicament, and he called out the Fish and Wildlife Rangers. He told us, "Whatever you do, DON'T leave the trail" and that men with lights would be coming up to meet us. Well, now it's getting colder and darker. We need to keep moving to generate body heat. The Geodog is giving us some sense of security against all the rustling noises we hear coming from off the trail. Now we are using the glow of cellphone screens to find where to put our feet. We are doing ok, but it is slow and nervous all the way. I hear pain in Pooter2001's voice, and ask what happened. She has tweaked her ankle a bit. I was afraid of that. She elects to continue. I think it only gets this dark in caves. The Geodog is staying within 15' of me, and leading us down- by scent - exactly how we came up. At least we won't lose the trail. About half an hour later I see spotlights from below, and hear a few quick blips of a siren. Somebody is here. Pooter2001 tells me that her ankle is worse, and can we stop? Of course we stopped and found a good place to sit. Now I'm seeing a cop car coming west on the main highway, and he has his disco lights on. Cool. Reinforcements. He then pulls on down to join his partner, and they call over the car's PA that they are coming up to meet us now. We wait. They made great time to our location. We were hearing voices and seeing lights in 15 minutes. YAAY! Rescued! 25 minutes later, Pooter2001 is sitting on my tailgate with an icepack on her ankle. It's sprained, but not broken. These two guys are like angels. The Geodog sleeps all the way to Clinton, and gets fed REALLY well when we get home. We learned several valuable lessons. 1) Start with the hardest cache hike for the day FIRST. At any rate, don't start on such a long hike any later than noon. 2) ALWAYS bring the lights, even if it's broad daylight. 3)Always bring light jackets in the backpack. 4) PACK EXTRA BATTERIES OF EVERY TYPE YOU USE. Being prepared is more important than traveling light. 5)Don't be afraid to call for help BEFORE you are in a crisis situation. 6) We probably should have stopped when we couldn't see anymore. We'll have to see how bad the ankle looks when she wakes up in the morning. 7)Don't depend too much on your GPS. We went wandering off following the arrow and not paying attention to natural landmarks. When I lost the arrow, I lost my way. I'm sorry for the long log entry, but I don't want anyone to make the same stupid mistakes that we did. We still had a good time on a good hike, saw some gorgeous views, and we are happy that everything worked out ok in the end. Anyone else had one where they got really worried for their safety, or had to call for help? (And I DON'T mean using phone-a-friend because you can't find the cache) I feel rather stupid today.

Hey! I recognize one of those pics! When I was a coast to coast truck driver, I parked and hiked to that tunnel! That would be an abandoned portion of the PA Turnpike! Am I right? What do I win???

Former firefighter with red card, first responder, and extrication spec. in Colorado.

Why did he have to be black? Better question: Why did it matter that he was black? But, I'm willing to concede that maybe they just were trying to be descriptive to give a "word picture".

Jeremy, I didn't pay attention any more than to see that I was getting "server too busy" errors. It took me dang near all night to copy and enter all the stuff I had to do... The site was down several times overnight, but would be back up in an hour or less every time... then crash again.

I have changed my userid. My goodness, that was a tedious process. Took about 12 hours to get everything transferred over, and then I fired off the email to get the premium membership switched. I'm glad that's done. Time to clean the house so we can go geocamping this weekend.... without the kids! Great Plains State Park and WMWR, here we come!!! Off to make a new PQ.