[Cathunter]

If it is still there, just increase the difficulty and terrain levels as needed.

😛

[Cathunter]

I wonder how many people signed up after seeing one of Vince’s Fox 6 stories- it is likely that a lot of people might join out of curiosity and then not visit the site much after the fact.

It would be interesting to have some idea what percentage of people try geocaching and don’t continue the activity. With all the publicity caching has gotten in the past year or so, this would account for a good number of the non-voting members.

[Cathunter]

So can anyone clarify/verify this? What exactly does active mean?

Have 933 people signed up for or renewed their membership within the past 12 months? To me, this would be the “active membership”.

[Cathunter]

I enjoyed Hartman Creek last time but am left wondering why going back to Gov. Dodge didn’t pan out?

[Cathunter]

Actually, you do need to be a WI resident to be member, but this does not prevent anyone from participating in WGA activities.

Think of it like this- by having only residents as members we are able to easily tell agencies such as the DNR or other land managing bodies that we have “X” number of WI tax-paying members who are active within the association. Numbers such as these have meaning to governmental organizations.

[Cathunter]

@hogrod wrote:

Another thing to look at is which way you are hooking up the cable. I no longer own an explorist but if I remember the plug on the back of the gps looks like it hooks up one way but it actually hooks up the other way.
maybe someone with an explorist can chime in and say which way it hooks up….. cable down the body of the gps or cable up.

EDIT: I think the cable goes down

Good reminder- I screwed that up when I first got an explorist. I was used to my Gamin, which the cable is UP on the unit. The explorist cable can be mounted facing up, which is wrong and will not work.

[Cathunter]

Didn’t the driver come on the CD that is included with the GPS?

One thing to try is to make sure you are following the correct “order of operations” when attaching the gps to your pc-

1. With your eXplorist turned off, connect your USB/Data cable to your PC.
2. Connect the USB connector to the back of your GPS.
3. Turn On the GPS.

The gps should start up and then go into Communications Mode once it detects connection to the PC. If the unit doesn’t go into File Transfer Mode automatically, select File Transfer Mode on the communications screen.

The unit will take several seconds to connect to your PC in file transfer mode and should display the units file folder.

[Cathunter]

While I cannot disagree with the other posters- we should also consider the cache saturation problem that many areas are experiencing. I really cannot see why anyone would place a new cache within 1/2 mile or perhaps even somewhat further from an existing cache. The 528 foot “rule of thumb” was put into place with no foresight as to what would become of the sport.

My suggestion would be to seek out new areas or work with the owners of other older caches in that vicinity when considering a new cache placement. It’s been said again and again within these forums that the primary reason people cache is because of the awesome and special places that caching has brought them to.
It’s really not feasible to continue placing caches so near one another without taking away from the overall geocaching experience.

[Cathunter]

Got it to work this evening. Thanks for all your hard work on this Dave!

I have 50 pages complete…. hmmm..

I’m thinking a roadtrip is in order. 😆

[Cathunter]

I’ve been unable to upload a .GPX of my finds. Error message=1

Dave?

[Cathunter]

Sounds like a grand idea, but unfortunately we have already made reservations for camping at Mirror Lake over Columbus Day weekend.

Hope to see you at the Rock in 2007!

[Cathunter]

How about some more discussion on the benefits of adopting a cache?

It seems to me that we would be better served by trashing out and archiving most caches that are abandoned. It opens up the area for new caches, new themes, and new hunts. In some cases it would also allows for nature to repair the area that the cache was located. (re-growth of greenery, etc.)

[Cathunter]

@DCexplorer wrote:

I must take issue with Cathunter’s statement, though; For a rural county, (Pop. 27,000) there’s quite a few caches. Our problem is that there’s not a large population of local Geocachers, and “vacation cache” placements are strongly discouraged.

DCexplorer

You don’t need to take issue, as my comment was meant to be a positive one. I like Door County just the way it is. 😀

Now what they have done to WI Dells, that is another story altogether. 🙄

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@IceCreamMan wrote:

We lived in Sturgeon Bay back in the day. One particularly cool spot back then was a place called Cave Point. Beautiful place. Haven’t been there in decades, but I’m guessing the park is still there in some form.

Yep… Cave Point County Park. A regular stop for me when I get up that way. 2 caches there as of June.

[Cathunter]

I highly recommend the Cana Island Lighthouse. A small fee gets one an informational tour of the keepers house and a good history lesson. There is also a cache there- “I have seen the Light” by DCexplorer.

Actually, there are not a great deal of caches in Door County and 95% of them will take you somewhere worth visiting.

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