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Good morning Jack, and welcome to the WGA.
I started out with Garmin etrex (yellow) mainly because it was a birthday gift from my wife. I believe that was even before geocaching was invented. I thought that it was the cat’s meow. However, I only used it when I went hunting, and every year I had to pull out the book to learn it again. I never had a reason to use it more often. Then I found out about geocaching and almost never put it down. I used it for the first year and a half then upgraded to a Garmin 60Cx. The etrex is a fine unit, but it will give you problems in dense cover (pine trees, leaf cover, etc), plus they aren’t as accurate as the newer models. I have seen brand new ones for $99.00. When I upgraded to the 60Cx, I was looking for better accuracy and mapping ability. I also went with a few more bells and whistles because it seems that what one is willing to make due with now, one wishes they had this or that feature later. I have had this one for just over a year now. When I was researching the prices for this model, I found it as high as $400.00. That seemed pretty much the norm in stores. I found it online for about $280.00.

Another thing to consider is customer service. I have never had problems with my Garmin units. I think most people use Garmin or Magellan. It seems that, from reading the forums, Garmin’s customer service is pretty top notch and Magellan’s needs quite a bit of improvement. That may be different now though.

That’s my experience with GPSs. I hope it helps you. Good luck and enjoy the fun.

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I fully regret having to have to turn down this trip. I don’t want to take any chances weatherwise. The wife and oldest have plans in the afternoon, and the youngest is having a buddy sleeping over. I need to be home early enough to watch the young ones. I hope you all have a great time. Maybe if there is a next trip? Be safe.

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I would still like to meet up Saturday morning, but they are now talking about possible freezing rain in the afternoon. This is looking more like a last minute decision for me. Hopefully I will know later in the afternoon. How much snow is being called for in Point?

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I looked at the new LCG bookmark list and the first three pages were good. Page four was a repeat of three and so on at least to page ten. I have a total of 22 pages on the list. I wonder how many pages are there supposed to be?

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Thanks everyone for your input. I’ll have my wife take a look at it and try some things whenever she gets a chance. I don’t look at bookmarks much because of this, but every once in a while it’s nice to check things out.

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@amita17 wrote:

I have noticed the same problem and also thought it was due to my low-speed connection. I just log off and log on again, and the problem is solved…until it happens again. 🙂

That has never worked for me.
What I meant when I said that I don’t have high speed, was that it is a waste of time for me to page through all of the pages of a bookmark list because it takes more time to do so, especially when it is the same page listed over and over again. I don’t think my connection speed has anything to do with it. Although with my lack of computer knowledge, what do I know.

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Is anyone planning on hitting other caches in the area? If so, which ones?

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I will give some of this advice a try when I have a lot of extra time. It looks quite time consuming for this computer illiterate fellow. Thanks to all for the advice.

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I would like to be in, but I probably won’t know for a couple maybe three days yet. I will have to research my needs for some challenges that I may be able to work on on the way up or back home. Also, my wifes car is going in the shop today and I don’t know when we will get it back yet. I will let you know as time nears.

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I have the same problem. I listed some milestones and FTF and end up with the lone paragraph. I have tried different things, but it all turns out the same for me. If you figure it out, let me know.

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Looks like a fun cache for this time of year. Unfortunately, I don’t know when I will be up that way. I added it to my watch list.

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I know my milage drops some during winter. 1) my truck does more idling because I am scraping /brushing frost/snow off of it and it is warming up while I am doing that. 2) I drive a two wheel drive pick-up and I need to add a little extra weight behind the rear wheels for added traction. 3) if my tire’s air preassure is down a little bit, I will usually leave it for the added traction as well.

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If it won’t go away, I’m guessing that you have been red flagged by the government. Maybe they think that you are a part of some sort of conspiacy. 😆

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I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas. And a safe one too.

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I remember going through that fly hatch once back in the early ninties. Them things were driving me nuts. Not to mention the houses that were black with them. I could easily deal with some extra clothes if need be due to what would be a cold wind. I’m up for it though. I hope my schedule will be too.

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