Finding Fraggle Rock

Good news is they are going to exchange the 300 for another one. Once we get it, we will add the 2.6 update and go from there. If this does not work, who knows what we will do. This is all really too bad sicne the unit is fantastic when it powers up. The accuracy has been below 10 feet at all times when outside.

I am currently on the phone with Garmin Tech Support. We cannot do the new update because the gps will not start up. UGHH!!!

Having the exact same "start up" issues as described in this forum. (Actually on hold with Garmin as I type this.) We have been dealing with them for a month now. Already had the Oregon replaced with a new one once. Now we have to return this one as well. Getting no where with Garmin and am frustrated with their poor customer service. I'm not super techie so I struggle to understand some of the suggestions above, however, I feel very strongly that we SHOULD NOT have to go through all that with a brand new GPS. The customer service rep I spoke to Monday assured me that he had never heard of these problems before. I am finding that very hard to believe. I'm currently waiting for a supervisor at the moment. We love the Oregon when it is working, but Magellin is sounding better and better at the moment.

I hate change! Now there is an opening statement. Its true though, ask my parents. For 20 years I sat in the same exact seat at the dinner table at my parents house. Why? Because that's just the way it had always been done. Maybe it is the thought of being unprepared for the unexpected that I actually hate, but regardless, it makes me uneasy. But at the same time, I get bored very easily.... just ask my husband. While someone is in mid sentence my mind may drift off to more creative lands because I just got tired of listening. I love my job, but I am studying to eventually do something even bigger. I crave new and unique experiences to feed my sense of adventure. That's not ADD, its simply human nature. I feel confident in saying that many of us feel the same. We enjoy many of the comforts tradition have to offer, but also urn for adventure and opportunity. And how does all of this apply to Waymarking and geocaching? Well... Geocaching was the perfect combination of stability and discovery. It had a whole lot of everything and every aspect was unique in its own right. The ammo cans for their loot, virtuals for their history, micros for their accessibility, and locationless for the creativity in all of us. As cachers, we could pick and choose the types that interested us and run with them. Each had its unique place in this hobby. Waymarking, that's all fine and good. Okay, so it is a list of things. Whether you want a list of things or not, whatever, its here now. Geocaching, on the other hand, was more than that. The virtuals caches opened the door to caching opportunities that we could not experience otherwise. In the Shennendoah Valley, Finding Fraggle Rock hiked to a number of virtual locations. The virtuals that people placed in that park led us to some of the most spectacular locations. Out of the 1,790 caches I have found to date, my absolute favorites were virtuals atop the mountains in the Shennendoah Valley. Those moments and memories are irreplaceable to me. In the Great Smokey Mountain National Park, we climbed a mountain to an amazing Bluff with a view that would take your breath away. There was no box at the end for us to take trinkets from. Just the overwhelming satisfaction in having conquered the mountain, spent a day with family, and marveled at God's majesty. My point... it is impossible to put a price on our time. We are given so little of it and should be eager to make the most of every moment. Unfortunately, work and responsibility often stand in the way of what we really want to do. Geocaching provided a combination of ways to make the most of every minute of our spare time. We enjoyed every aspect of the hobby. Now that virtuals and locationless have been pulled out into their own loose knit "game" they may not make their way into our outings. That would mean another website to visit, more searches to run, and more multi-tasking to clog up the fun. Waymarking, I don’t care if it is here to stay or is thrown out the window. The true crime is that geocaching has been limited. Hey Jeremy…geocaching isn’t about the container at the end anymore. For many of us, it’s about the journey to get there. That’s what really matters.

What, you mean to say it isn't all about the numbers? And here we thought there was a big grand prize awaiting us. To each his own eh.... We are ALL ABOUT THE NUMBERS!

We just love to cache. First to find, last to find, and everything in between. We say Kudos to all those people who are able to rack up the first finds. Our jobs stand in the way of that, but we sure to love to cache. We'll admit it... we are in it for the numbers.

THose are great, would you mind sending a few out to the Cleveland area? Would love to drop those into some caches around here. I am sending an e-mail as well. ~Finding Fraggle Rock

Cree, the now 7 year old cacher of our team loves it. He has been doing this since he was only 5 years old. He has a blast. We take him out on caching trips where we will start at 6 AM and not end until 12 midnight or later. The only complaints we get is once he starts to get hungry, but after we feed him, he is ready to go some more. He is a huge fan of Goldsnoop hides in Pennsylvania. I am sure a lot of people know about Goldsnoop hides, he is a devious sucker. Cree is usually the finder of these crazy micros and he adores Goldsnoop hides. As for trading of items, he has learned that he does not need each and every McDOnalds toy that he comes across. He has become very good about leaving a cache without any of its trinkets. He is also very good about trading items. he will not take something without leaving something. Cree should be contacted about any Goldsnoop hides that someone is having trouble with. I am working on having Goldsnoop create a collefe fund for Cree so that he can study the fine art of Micro HIdes and some engineering to help him carry on with Goldsnoop's traditions of craziness. Cough up the dough Goldsnoop!!!! ~FInding Fraggle Rock

The very first cache we did, not even havign a team name yet, was a cache in teh midle of winter 2002 and in teh middle of the night. SerenityNow called up and said, "hey, there is this night cache in Rittman Ohio. You wanna go along" Well, Dale had his 6 year old son and said Sure thing. Off we go at 10 PM to drive about an hour south to hunt this night cache. Ever since we found that night cache, Cree, now 6 yrs old, loves to cache. We have taken him on many caching trips and not once has he been carried. Thank goodness. There have been times when we want to quit for teh day, but he is ready to keep going. He has cached from 6 am until midnight at times. He really loves it and it sure does add something more the hunt. Findign Fraggle Rock

Here is a post I came across a new local mulit cache...I thought it was pertty darn funny.

For the truely evil cache hiders out there. Going nuts yet? We actually did a cache tha used a bolt in the Bowling Green Ohio area. What a toughy. It was brialliant, found on a rail system that had other bolts around it. Loved it Dale Finding Fraggle Rock Also did a cache that was part of a multi, the final cache was tied to a rope and lowered down an old gas or oil line about 20-25 feet down. That was interesting too. I could not see the bottom and was not sure what was going to be on the end of that rope.

I have seen many tiems where cachers will post finds this way and I do not agree with it. There are a fwe times where I could have logged caches that way, but chose not to. If people want to do this, it is their business. This is where the caceh owner needs to make a decision about whether or not he/she wants to allow the cacher to get credit for it. A cache owner has the right to delete a post...I feel the deletion should eb followed with an email explaining why it has been deleted. Enjoy the summer months. Dale Finding Fraggle Rock

I was just browsing through the forums today and decided to find the oldest cache for Ohio. To my surprise, we have already done that cache. It was cool to look back at it and see when it was placed...1/14/2001. GC168. Thanks

Answers to the travel bug questions Cree (this is his Geocaching screen name) is a memeber of team Finding Fraggle Rock. He is a 6 year old little boy who absolutely loves the hobby. 1) "I am a travel bug and I like to travel to different states. Even Idaho!" 2) If I were a travel bug, I would like to travel to the Bahamas because I want to swim with some sharks.

Hello fellow cachers, we are looking for some advice to help solve our problem. I own a COMPAQ PocketPC which has always served me well for running pocket queries. I simple receive the .gpx files, send them to the PocketPC and open them in GPXView. Unfortunately, out of no where, I began receiving a new message when I go to open the files in GPXView on the PocketPC. It tells me the "Load Failed". I tried completely uninstalling and reinstalling the PocketPC and all files on it. I even did a hard reset on the system. Still, it will not open the pocket queries. Is anyone else having this same problem? Does anyone know how to fix the problem? Any suggestions out there? It does not seem to matter if the files from the pocket queries are in zip files or not. No matter what I try, I cannot get them to open. I hope someone has an idea to help us with our problem! Thanks for the help! ~Sabrina Finding Fraggle Rock

Thanks for the quick replies everyone! We managed to solve a part of the problem. While playing around the with gps options, I clicked on "New Location" to retrack the satelites the gps tries to get a signal from. We managed to find success and we able to acquire satelites once again. The gps works perfectly this way. Unfortunately, we have to click "New Location" each time we turn the unit on and wait up to 10 minutes for it to locate new satelites and acquire a signal. This should not be happening. According to Garmin, the "New Location" option is supposed to be used when you travel over 100 miles with your gps turned off. It requires your gps to search for more 'local' satelites for a better read. It almost appears as though our gps completely resets itself each time we turn it off. We have to treat it as though we just purchased it and took it out of the box. Any more ideas???

Looking for some help from fellow geocachers... Our Garmin GPS V suddenly stopped tracking satelites while out on the trail. It lost signal and refuses to regain it! We have tried switching batteries, plugging it in in the car, turning unit on and off, but nothing is working. It continues to read "acquiring satelites" on the screen but does not appear to be tracking anything. The screen does not change. Any ideas out there that could help us fix this problem. We have contacted Garmin, but are hoping to find an answer sooner than 5-7 working days. Too addicted to geocaching to wait that long!!! If you have any idea or have had this problem in the past... please contact me at sabie101@juno.com or simply reply to this post. Thanks so much fellow cachers! ~Sabrina (AKA: Finding Fraggle Rock)