Home › Forums › Wisconsin Geocachers › New Member Forum › Father and daughter just starting out
This topic contains 8 replies, has 8 voices, and was last updated by DON 16 years, 7 months ago.
-
AuthorPosts
-
04/26/2009 at 4:11 pm #172813604/26/2009 at 4:32 pm #1906534
Welcome DON!
I started by looking in the Hide and Seek a Cache, and entered my zip code. That’s all it took to find the nearest 100 caches to home. Since I was rehabbing from knee surgery, I used the stars (*) for difficulty/terrain to ease into it.
If you start with a 4 or 5 * cache, you will get frustrated fast! But if your daughter is with you, you will learn the “ropes” twice as fast.Have fun! 😀
04/26/2009 at 8:50 pm #1906535Welcome aboard DON!
What area of the state are you in? Maybe we can give a few suggestions on caches in that area to try.
04/27/2009 at 2:34 am #1906536Welcome to the WGA! I use the zip code method under hide and seek caches, or if I am looking in a city I know, I use the street name, city, and state in the address box of hide and seek caches. It was recently mentioned in the forums to use the bookmark listings. I have yet to try that, but others who have way more finds than I do have posted these, so that is another way to go.
04/27/2009 at 3:45 am #1906537Welcome to the cult Don. If you have a lot of patience and a police scanner, you can always wait for the bomb squad to get called. All joking aside, I go by the zip code of the area that I want to cache in.
I believe that there are a bunch of new cemetery hides in Reedsburg put by Gr8Eyes.
04/27/2009 at 4:14 am #1906538Hey DON, welcome to the sport and the WGA.
looks like there are 4-5 other cachers in the REEDSBERG area that may be able to give you a hand on the local caches. you could private message(PM) them from here or from the http://www.geocaching.com site.
you can find out what their caching names are from the “members list” link on the left of the page here. you can also check for other members from nearby cities too.Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.
04/27/2009 at 1:30 pm #1906539Welcome to the addiction!
You have a very reliable little piece of equipment in that Legend. We have been using ours for over 4 years now and the only problems we have had was with the user.
We recently converted over to paperless because the legend doesn’t have all those fancy features that newer units have for storing descriptions and hints. Going with a printout for the cache from GC.com is always a good start. Load the coords into the unit by hand or directly through the serial port and hit the trails.
Have fun and remember to protect yourself from all the nasty little things that are starting to come out now.
04/28/2009 at 3:11 am #1906540hi, DON. Are you the same DON that posts on Russ’ kayaking web site? If so, we have paddled together a couple of times, most recently last fall on the Wisconsin River starting at the Dells.
04/28/2009 at 11:09 pm #1906541 -
AuthorPosts
You must be logged in to reply to this topic.