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I’ve got a Nuvi too…it works slick. You need to be a premium member and to download GSAK ($25) and Poiloader (free) to your computer for loading pocket queries on it and Google Earth (free) for caches along a route. Set up is relatively easy…I’m a non-techie and was able to do it 🙂 Here’s the Garmin site with set-up directions: http://pilotsnipes.googlepages.com/index.html

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7000?!!!! I should live to be so old! A major congratulations, Marc 😀

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…you go into Fleet Farm and can’t help walk by the ammo boxes and camo tape:) I did that today…again!

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The DNR around here mails back a copy of the form. I don’t post the cache until I get that…usually within a week.

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Congratulations ❗ I hope to get to that milestone sometime this spring also. But that was one amazing day…you must be “dead” tired 😆

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Holy Hannah! That’s terrific!! I hope I live so long as to get to that number 🙂 Congratulations ❗

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They haven’t given up…they’ve moved to Oconto and Peshtigo to create bypasses with new trails and kiosks nearby to apologize for detouring traffic around our fair communities…and a myriad of dead-end streets…but providing us with new hidey-holes. Trust me…they’ve been busy!

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I just added the WGA logo to my cache pages recently…now I see that there is a new one becoming available…wasn’t aware of how to place a banner, but I’m just starting to find some of this info on the website. I think it adds to the cache page. I don’t know how effective it is, but it can’t be a bad thing 😀

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E-mail me. I’ll send you my mailing address where you can send your check(s)…TFTC really means Thanks For The Check:)

Just kidding!!!!

Hope this helps, Marc…although I think we should try to raise some money for you. All your pill bottle caches have to be a reflection of a heavy prescription debt 😆

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sandlanders wrote:
Now, when I first got into these forums, I didn’t know who anyone was, who was serious and who was joking, and what all the insider comments meant. Some of it I still don’t know, but in case you’re totally confused now, Sparki2003, just let me know what you need translated.

Most of all, DO NOT SEND ANYONE ANY MONEY!!!!!!!!

Just kidding!!!!

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E-mail me. I’ll send you my mailing address where you can send your check(s)…TFTC really means Thanks For The Check:)

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I switched to the newest version of GSAK not too long ago and started having some trouble too. I tried the GSAK forums and support and had a little luck. I was getting error messages…found out that I could either go back to the old version or uninstalling/reinstalling the new version. Then I found when uninstalling that I had to delete all the GSAK files in my computer before reinstalling because uninstalling does not undo those. Support walked me through some things…suggested it could have been caused by any number of things…gremlins,etc. I’m still having an issue with the proper macro, but found a way around it…I may just go back to the old version. I had no trouble with it at all. Hope this helps.

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One other important issue with the Nuvi is that it has limited battery life. If you disconnect it from your car, you’d better not let it wear down or it’s DEAD!. I think it’ll run safely for about 3 hours before needing to be recharged…probably longer but I wouldn’t push it. I managed to get my Nuvi free last summer through a special promotion that Discover card was running at the time…found out about it in the Groundspeak forums:)

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I agree that you don’t want to rely on the Nuvi too much, but I’ll take it with me on the trail…in a ziplock bag in the off mode. That way I can always turn it on briefly to check cache details. I’ve used it on a couple of occasions where I actually forgot my handheld…it’s hell to get old…and I’ve actually found caches with it, but your handheld is a necessity for accuracy. My Lowrance can also hold pocket queries downloaded to an SD card, so the two work well in tandem.

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Paperless caching with the Nuvi is great! Pocket queries can be loaded into it that include all the info on each cache’s webpage…the hint is even decoded. And the Nuvi takes you right to them. I still use my handheld Lowrance when I get to the site, but the Nuvi does have a pedestrian mode. The only downside is that it has limited battery life and you don’t want to get it wet! Here’s a link from the Garmin website to get you started:
http://pilotsnipes.googlepages.com/index.html

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