ClayJar
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We had a cache down here done by a local church's children's choir as a sort of promotional thing. They did a good job, though, and while they had little notes about their play in it, it was still a real cache. In fact, I got a nice camo handkerchief thing from it (which has come in handy with my long hair).
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Nothing to see here, but there is at the locations above.
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Nothing to see here, but there is at the locations above.
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Whenever I come to a fork in the trail, I don't bother trying to zoom in or out or whatever to see the track and the waypoint and... Rather, I simply lift up my trusty compass and go, "Oh, *that* way."
If I had a GPS receiver with a built in 3-axis electronic compass (in other words, a MeriPlat... those 1-axis garmin compasses just don't cut it
), I wouldn't use my trusty compass so much, but frankly, I enjoy it thoroughly. (And in the occasional off-trail excursion, it's a heap of a lot easier to sight on the run with a compass than holding up the GPS receiver while trying to still read bearing and distance to cache.) -
Whenever I come to a fork in the trail, I don't bother trying to zoom in or out or whatever to see the track and the waypoint and... Rather, I simply lift up my trusty compass and go, "Oh, *that* way."
If I had a GPS receiver with a built in 3-axis electronic compass (in other words, a MeriPlat... those 1-axis garmin compasses just don't cut it
), I wouldn't use my trusty compass so much, but frankly, I enjoy it thoroughly. (And in the occasional off-trail excursion, it's a heap of a lot easier to sight on the run with a compass than holding up the GPS receiver while trying to still read bearing and distance to cache.) -
...I hope. (Otherwise, I'd better brush up on my fencing.) Some of my caches:
- "Loch Lock Locker" (a storage area for padlocks and bad puns in the vicinity of a lake)
- "NOMAN" (...is an island)
- "Halfling a la Cache" (a map joke)
- "Ferengi Wormhole" (on Profit Island... it's a long grab toward the obscure, but hey)
In other words, I do my best to name my caches creatively, and I really enjoy hunting creatively named caches.
("The Prehistoric Holodeck" was another creatively and aptly named cache I've hunted recently.)
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The correct word for a word (mis)construed as an acronym after the fact is "backronym"... I mean, it's even in the Jargon File.
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If any of you Louisiana (or wherever) cachers would like to send a travel bug or two up to the Chicago or Wisconsin area, now's the time to speak up. I'm leaving to head up there sometime on Thursday, and I'd be happy to give a ride to any and all travel bugs that would like to head that direction.
If you have any, either you can get them to me directly (by e-mailing GPS@C___J__.com -- fill in the rest of my name) or you can drop them off in Palomino Cache. (I'm hanging at 99 finds, so it has to be a cache I've already found. That one should have room, and it's close enough that I can drop by Wednesday evening.)
Anyway, no need for anyone to take me up on this if you don't want, but if you have a travel bug that you want to put on the bug bus, it'll be rolling out soon.
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If any of you Louisiana (or wherever) cachers would like to send a travel bug or two up to the Chicago or Wisconsin area, now's the time to speak up. I'm leaving to head up there sometime on Thursday, and I'd be happy to give a ride to any and all travel bugs that would like to head that direction.
If you have any, either you can get them to me directly (by e-mailing GPS@C___J__.com -- fill in the rest of my name) or you can drop them off in Palomino Cache. (I'm hanging at 99 finds, so it has to be a cache I've already found. That one should have room, and it's close enough that I can drop by Wednesday evening.)
Anyway, no need for anyone to take me up on this if you don't want, but if you have a travel bug that you want to put on the bug bus, it'll be rolling out soon.
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Originally posted by Jamie Z:I'd like a place where I can pose such questions as "Where can I find a good banana bread recipe?" or "Is there _really_ a little elf that lives in my fridge that turns the light on and off?"
How about a... ... locationless cache?
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Originally posted by Jamie Z:I'd like a place where I can pose such questions as "Where can I find a good banana bread recipe?" or "Is there _really_ a little elf that lives in my fridge that turns the light on and off?"
How about a... ... locationless cache?
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Having been on other forums that had off-topic areas, I have to say that I think I like it. It gives you something to say when people post off-topic threads.
"You! Back to off-topic!"
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Having been on other forums that had off-topic areas, I have to say that I think I like it. It gives you something to say when people post off-topic threads.
"You! Back to off-topic!"
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Some people just need to be caught in the act and, um, *gently invited* to change.
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Some people just need to be caught in the act and, um, *gently invited* to change.
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Ignore lists have been a very highly requested feature for such a long time that I wouldn't be *too* surprised if the topic comes up after the advanced find, PDA, and block download stuff gets rolled out.
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Ignore lists have been a very highly requested feature for such a long time that I wouldn't be *too* surprised if the topic comes up after the advanced find, PDA, and block download stuff gets rolled out.
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I *can't* get reception in my 1-story abode (tar and gravel roof), but I *can* get reception in my parents home (asphalt shingle roof). I guess it all depends, eh?
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I *can't* get reception in my 1-story abode (tar and gravel roof), but I *can* get reception in my parents home (asphalt shingle roof). I guess it all depends, eh?
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I've been using MapSend Topo for quite a long time now (on a MAP 330, and now on a MeriGold), and it's been everything I've needed it to be.
On one cache hunt, I was in northern Louisiana on some back roads going from one cache to the next one on my itenerary. I encountered some rather high water (as in, the stream started here and the bridge was about 150 feet forward). So, I looked at the maps and found the next best road to take to the cache... and found another bridge-turned-island. I looked at the maps again and found yet another route, and yes, it was also completely impassable. (Oh, and did I mention that all of these were *dirt* roads -- not even gravel.)
Anyway, I ended up turning back to get to the main highway (which was high enough to cross the stream above water), but I was impressed with the maps, to say the least.
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Head in a hat, hair in a ponytail, compass around my neck, and GPS receiver in hand, I make a pretty good image of a grad student doing environmental research. A few comments about looking for a geodetic survey point and they usually do a "Um, yeah, whatever" and get moving.
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Head in a hat, hair in a ponytail, compass around my neck, and GPS receiver in hand, I make a pretty good image of a grad student doing environmental research. A few comments about looking for a geodetic survey point and they usually do a "Um, yeah, whatever" and get moving.
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The format for the data in the files is the same format used for serial communications with the receiver. It's documented online (one URL is http://celia.mehaffey.com/allory/mag-proto.htm).
If you also still need a sample, I'm sure I can make one.
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My brother bought a GPS Companion for the Visor (He has a Visor Edge). Having used it as well as my MAP 330 and MeriGold, I'll have to say that it's not nearly so user friendly as a standalone receiver, but it seems capable enough for geocaching. The cheaper factor is what got him to buy it, and I'll concede that point.
LAGG-2 is coming...
in South and Southeast
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It looks like we're going to go with Sunday afternoon for LAGG-2.