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I went paperless about a month ago, it's da bomb! I also got a premium account and bought Cachemate. I used my Tungsten for a GPS for a couple of years until i upgraded to a Garmin Quest. Now, in just a few minutes, I can download all the caches in an area to my GPS and my palm. I dont spend the time printing and carrying all the papers, and I always have current information. As well as saving a few trees. I update all the caches in my area about once a week. If I have to go somewhere for work, as I frequently do, I can load up all the caches near my hotel and look for the ones that are interesting and accessible when I have time. The other really great thing is keeping caches in different catagories, both in my palm and in the Quest. I will not be going back to paper!

<There are over 2.00 species of water snakes. Was this near water?> Sorry about the late reply. I have been travelling a bit. This guy was at the top of a ridge, there was a small stream about a half mile from where I took the pic. There was no sign of any body of water near there. He certainly got my attention!

A snake I almost stepped on while caching here. I am not sure what it is. It is not listed as a native snake of northern Alabama. He measured between 8 and 10 feet long. There are no rattles on the tail, even though the picture does not show it. Does anyone know what it is? I showed the pic to a couple of local guys, (I am not from the area, I was there on business), and they didn't think it was native either.

All the information is very helpful. I have a question about using it in a car. Does the unit come with a 12vdc adapter to power the GPS. The Garmin website states "External speaker with 12-volt adapter cable". Is the adapter only for the speaker, or does it also power the unit?

quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat:I'd say you're no longer a newbie as soon as you develop what many call "cache sense". Cache sense is the thing that tells you exactly where the cache is as soon as you get within 50 to 100 feet of the cache. This can take between 10 and 50 finds for most people. Some never develop it and the most experienced geocachers lose it from time to time. If that is the case, my seven year old is a vetran after about 3 finds. He learned to spot potential cache locations real early, after 30+ finds in six months he is starting to find it "boring" when we go for the park & grabs. _"Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry_ [This message was edited by BrianSnat on August 01, 2003 at 01:24 PM.]