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You got more down there that the Ironwood I think. They were predicting 10-12 for the U.P. That good ol’ lake effect kicking in.

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@sweetlife wrote:

Here I sit, with my shovel

Want to shovel off my deck?

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@Spike007 wrote:

This is great info – thanks! I had two deer ticks just last week, so they’re still out. (Although, with the snowstorm, I suspect they’ll be in hiding for awhile now.) 😉

I was recently screened for Lyme’s (again), but came back negative this time. I’ll have to research this a bit more.

Mosquito’s and deer ticks – what was Noah thinking when he let those guy’s on that big wooden boat?! 😯

I was told by our vet that ticks are present year round. I aksied him if he was trying to push more Frontline and he laughed and said no. He said the early stage ticks are out there in the winter time too.

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I think we are in the 4″ -8″ range up here. But it’s blowing to beat heck.

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@SammyClaws wrote:

@Miata wrote:

Cachemate for my PDA’s does list all caches as GCXXXX if desired, but that will not help in your GPS.

What SammyClaws said except use %code in build waypoint name using tags. I haven’t tried it, but the help says it will work.

Yep, I goofed up, the %gcid is another cache id. Thanks for the correction Miata

From help “%code = Waypoint code (For example, the GCXXXX code)”

That worked!! Thanks!!!

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@marc_54140 wrote:

A general comment about GSAK you might have missed from another discussioin.

GSAK allows you to substitute names. For example,

Wisconsin Spirit Quest can be replaced by WSQ, or actually, nothing.
Helps to shorten the name, and make the smart names smarter.

And that’s fine. I just want the good ol fashion GC Names cuz I aint that smart enuf to use smart names.

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You can’t get here from there…… There’s no direct route north of Eau Claire…..
@labrat_wr wrote:

Congrats on the 400 😀 s

maybe one day I might make it to Hayward…… which direction do I go?

Thanks everyone!

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@Trekkin’ and Birdin’ wrote:

Actually, winter is sometimes the best time for some of these toughies, as long as you have snowshoes. A big group of us did “Marsh to the Phillippines” last January and had a blast. “Eagle Source” near Three Lakes is another good example.

Way I see it, the shortened days make numbers less likely anyway, if that’s what we want. So do some of the adventures instead!

I agree. I have a couple of Snowshoe Series that are a heck of a lot easier to do in the winter and you don’t need Snowshoes find them.

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@marc_54140 wrote:

OK, next question ……… Hmmm? How do I phrase this ……

How caches do you do in a day? Can’t remember which ones without an aide?
Got CRS?

On a short day (say under 40 caches) I will usually log onto GC and open up the maps. Then I just cruise along the roads we travelled, and log the caches which were found. Fairly easy, and nice to travel the roads one more time. also, get to see if anything was missed.

Oh, and that is why smart names are nice to use.

I never said they were not useful, they maybe, just not me.

See Marc, up NORT, caches are not always on ROADS. And how do you remember each cache? How do you log DNF caches? or don’t you log them?

EG. Gandy Dancer trail series. There like 20 or so. ALL start the same. SO the last leter in the smartname ends is the only diffrent letter. So how do you know which on it is.
I uss Map 60SCx. So it shows me the GC# and then the cache name.

OH and I”M NOT into numbers. Just over 400 finds since 7/06. Just over 100 hids since 7/06.

So, I guess I just use 2 programs to play the way I want to play the game.

I’ll even give you a guided tour of the LAND OF CHEEZEHEAD if you ever get the courage to cache where there are no roads. Ask Zuma or K-Spud aboutZoma’s Golden Cache:The GrandDaddy of Caches
No Roads to them.

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I’m actualy planning on maybe placing a few. Tracks get covered up…
but you moght need snowshoes or x-c skies to get to them. 😈

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@Miata wrote:

@cheezehead wrote:

I don’t want smart names. I want to load my GPS by witg GC #’s? Cuz that’s how the load into my Ipod and that’s what I use when I log them into GC.com. And somehow I disabled smart names so now I get waypoint 2 waypoint 3. HELP!!!

What happens when you go to tools, advanced, and check the GCXXXX code “special” sort box?

I have that checkes, and as far as I can tell. Nothing.

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@marc_54140 wrote:

OK, perhaps you should take off the cheesehead hat, and think clearly for a moment. 8)

I notice GSAK does not allow a deactivate smart names option. Hmmm…. they must know something we do not ??? Like, it’s smart to use smart names?

Why would you want to use GC numbers?

Well, the reason is, when I find a cache it goes into calander. I open the calander, it lists the caches in order via GC#. So I punch in the GC#. After I punch in that log, I punch in the GC # for the next cache.

That’s how have always done it. I use to use Easy GPS to D/L. Then I started useing cachemagnet, which uses the GC# which puts the caches in alphabetacal order, so I can zip through my I-pod wne looking for information. Only bad thing is it onmly load’s 500 wayponis cuz it loads it in 2 files. GC# and Cache name.

I’m new to GSAK and still learning how to use it and all it’s bells and whistles.

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YUP!! I understand EVERYTHING you guys just said…… 😯 😯 😯 😯 😕 😕 😕 🙄 🙄 😉 ❓ ❓

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@sandlanders wrote:

@RSplash40 wrote:

Sandlanders you made it? I thought I talked to everyone but must not.

Both sandlanders were there. I was hanging back taking lots of photos. I’m not as in-your-face as I can be here. 😉

OR her GPS had her going in the WRONG direction……. 🙄 😉 😛

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@sandlanders wrote:

Certainly tempted by this. Got excited when I saw another tour of Berlin as a cache (did the other one but whiffed on the final for a DNF), but then saw it was Wherigo with us lacking in the necessary equipment. 🙁 Would love to see how this all works, so we’ll keep an eye on the weather and our social calendar.

Maybe if you ask Santa Clause, he’ll bring you the necessary equipment and you can get put away the old relic.

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