+Bull Moose Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 My 9 month old daughter "gave" me my Christmas present early yesterday - a brand spanking new eXplorist 600 to replace my comparatively bulky, monochromatic Meridian Gold. Yee-haw! "She" decided I needed it early since I only have about 5 weeks between classes to squeeze in as many caches as possible. I think she may be angling for riding in the Kelty Kids pack for many of them. Too bad it's dark after work these days.... And for all of you Garmin folks ready to skewer the eXplorist 600 - remember, she's not even a year old. Quote
+Wander Lost Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 (edited) And for all of you Garmin folks ready to skewer the eXplorist 600 - remember, she's not even a year old. There is hope for her. Our first gps was a Magellan. But we're much better now. edit punctuation Edited December 2, 2005 by Wander Lost Quote
+Prying Pandora Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 Maybe after she learns to read, she'll upgrade you to a Garmin. Seriously, hope you have fun and find a lot of good caches with it, Bull. Quote
+W7WT Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 (edited) Just remember you can't have TOO MANY GPSs Bring your new Magellan to the GPS Accuracy Contest at the Spring Fling and show us just how great it is. This year GZ will be set by a Surveyor using a professinal quality GPS. Dick, W7WT WoW, Matt I just looked at the specs on the GPS your daughter got you. With that great GPS you will have no excuse for not finding any caches. One smart kid you have there. Edited December 3, 2005 by W7WT Quote
CurmudgeonlyGal Posted December 3, 2005 Posted December 3, 2005 Oh, Goody! I hope it helps you find this cache in the coming year! Quote
+evergreenhiker! Posted December 3, 2005 Posted December 3, 2005 Maybe after she learns to read, she'll upgrade you to a Garmin. Seriously, hope you have fun and find a lot of good caches with it, Bull. I'm Garmin guy, but that eXplorist 600 looks like a nice unit! Price tag is rather high though. Ouch! Quote
+Half-Canadian Posted December 3, 2005 Posted December 3, 2005 I'd say your daughter made a fine choice! And let this be your gold-plated, personal invitation to an upcoming CITO event that will show all those Magellan-dissers a thing or two Are You On The Winning Team? Congrats on the new Magellan, Bull Moose! I just got a new Explorist 500 to add to my collection, and I love it! H-C Quote
nolenator Posted December 4, 2005 Posted December 4, 2005 Oh, Goody! I hope it helps you find this cache in the coming year! Ooo... that looks like fun. Peace, Nolenator Quote
+Bull Moose Posted December 4, 2005 Author Posted December 4, 2005 Oh, Goody! I hope it helps you find this cache in the coming year! Ooo... that looks like fun. Peace, Nolenator I missed my annual DNF on that cache this year. I DNF Mt. Townsend instead this year. Quote
+Bull Moose Posted December 4, 2005 Author Posted December 4, 2005 Maybe after she learns to read, she'll upgrade you to a Garmin. Seriously, hope you have fun and find a lot of good caches with it, Bull. I'm Garmin guy, but that eXplorist 600 looks like a nice unit! Price tag is rather high though. Ouch! Yeah... looks like she got ahold of mom's credit card. Quote
Ray&Rose Posted December 4, 2005 Posted December 4, 2005 Great choice, I love my Explorist 600, got it a few months back for my birthday. Quote
+shunra Posted December 4, 2005 Posted December 4, 2005 Oh, Goody! I hope it helps you find this cache in the coming year! Ooo... that looks like fun. Peace, Nolenator Yeah, it's Mt. Ellinor Season again... Clearly Calf Moose is a connoisseur! Quote
+Team Noltex Posted December 4, 2005 Posted December 4, 2005 Magellan/ Garmin, Chevy/ Ford, blah, blah blah. Everyone has their own preferences. Wish my kids would get me a new ANYTHING gps. (Posted for all to admire my spankin' new avatar/ logo. Thank you GoLeft) Quote
+Wienerdog Posted December 5, 2005 Posted December 5, 2005 (Posted for all to admire my spankin' new avatar/ logo. Thank you GoLeft) Very nice avatar! We should change ours. It's been the same since we started. But dang... that's how Chloe looks every morning.... all snuggled in the covers BETWEEN us! PS. I hope there will be another event this summer so we can enjoy your pleasant company again! Quote
MarcusArelius Posted December 5, 2005 Posted December 5, 2005 Magellan/ Garmin, Chevy/ Ford, blah, blah blah. Everyone has their own preferences. Wish my kids would get me a new ANYTHING gps. Yeah if I say geo-anything this Christmas I am going to get slapped. Quote
+Team Noltex Posted December 5, 2005 Posted December 5, 2005 Very nice of you WD. We'd like to too, but not sure what we would put together, since we cached everything on the island. Sir2u and I have agreed that it's pretty much reaching terminal cache density. His last cache placed wasn't even on the island! [shakes head] Quote
+yumitori Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 Magellan or not, she's obviously a mature, decisive young lady. Congrats on her upbringing. There's plenty of time to refine her judgement... Quote
+the4Grays Posted December 8, 2005 Posted December 8, 2005 Oh, Goody! I hope it helps you find this cache in the coming year! maybe she can read the new gps to help you find this. Quote
+Bull Moose Posted December 14, 2005 Author Posted December 14, 2005 Well, it looks like it paid off. Here we are at our first cache with the new GPS, and there she is in one of her favorite places: Quote
+W7WT Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 OK, now don't go laying the new 600 on the ground and then stepping on it. Hand it to your daughter while you are filling out the log. Also thanks for the spoiler. I need all the help, I can get. Merry Christmas. Dick, W7WT Quote
+Bull Moose Posted December 14, 2005 Author Posted December 14, 2005 Hand it to your daughter while you are filling out the log. Do I risk stepping on it or baby slobber. Hmm... tough call. Also thanks for the spoiler. I need all the help, I can get. The cache site is out of the picture. And it's a terracache. And it's archived now. So I don't think it'll do you much good, Dick. Quote
+W7WT Posted December 15, 2005 Posted December 15, 2005 . The cache site is out of the picture. And it's a terracache. And it's archived now. So I don't think it'll do you much good, Dick. Gee, I was hoping that it would be the cache site of Ray's "NAD/Soroptimist Park. I see that the Grays found it after dark. I will have to try again. Thanks Dick, W7WT Quote
+Bull Moose Posted December 15, 2005 Author Posted December 15, 2005 . The cache site is out of the picture. And it's a terracache. And it's archived now. So I don't think it'll do you much good, Dick. Gee, I was hoping that it would be the cache site of Ray's "NAD/Soroptimist Park. I see that the Grays found it after dark. I will have to try again. Thanks Dick, W7WT If I knew where the heck that one was, I'd give you a hint. Quote
+the4Grays Posted December 15, 2005 Posted December 15, 2005 [Gee, I was hoping that it would be the cache site of Ray's "NAD/Soroptimist Park. I see that the Grays found it after dark. I will have to try again. Thanks Dick, W7WT If I knew where the heck that one was, I'd give you a hint. Well first thing is that the gps should be able to handle a little slobber but I'm not sure was the crush strength is for it. As for the NAD cache it was a lot of fun in the dark but I'm not sure how safe and sane it was. Quote
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