[Jeremy]

@furfool wrote:

Radio program to get coordinates? Camp out or picnic? Did I miss something here?

Oops, that would be the picnic, not the campout. 😳 The cache being discussed, GC1476E, is a mystery/puzzle multicache which requires you do a bit of homework to get the coordinates for the first waypoint… people would have to do this before arriving at the picnic.

[Jeremy]

@hoppe2findyou wrote:

If anyone sees an issue with this – like according to the geo-gods, I’m not allowed to do this, please let me know.

I think this is a great idea. This is an excellent multicache, and each of the stages are definitely substantial enough and “worthy” to stand on their own. I remember hikes over a quarter mile between some of the stages and a few up and down sections (though nothing like at Gov. Dodge), so folks will earn the extra smileys.

The only question is, are people going to remember to listen to the radio program to get the coordinates to waypoint 1 before coming to the picnic? If they don’t do this they are sunk…

[Jeremy]

I believe Jennifer Mode (Lightningbugs_Mum) is working on an Earthcache placement there as part of those being put out for the IATCC – Ice Age Trail Cold Cache Earthcache series. I know she is trying to get permission from the park manager to put something out along the Ice Age Trail section that goes through Lapham. Unfortunately we are finding that the manager is difficult to get a hold of.

[Jeremy]

@Team Black-Cat wrote:

I would really hate to test my immunity to wild parsnip.

Unfortunately, there is no immunity. It is more like a chemical reaction, not an allergic reaction some people get from poison ivy and other plants. So unless you have a different chemicals in your body than the rest of us (an alien or robot? :)) you are not safe. Cow parsnip and even the “harmless” Queen Anne’s Lace / wild carrot contain the same compounds (though to a different/lesser degree) that cause this phototoxic effect.

This article explains more about the reaction and what must happen for it to occur:

http://www.wnrmag.com/stories/2000/jun00/parsnip.htm

[Jeremy]

Congrats on this huge accomplishment Ray and Helen! Glad to see you guys hitting the trails again.

You should have grabbed the Badger State Challenge – 72 Counties (GC15WT3) cache on your way back down from the northwoods. 😉

(When you say the “Milestone page” would not accept your counties, do you mean the one on the WGA site or somewhere else? I’ve entered all 72 counties here, as have other people, so it should work… if not, send me a PM with the details.)

[Jeremy]

Congratulations on this big milestone Laurell!

I’m sure it won’t take you very long to grab your next thousand… once that little event in August that is consuming so much of your geo-time is over. 🙂

[Jeremy]

@EnergySaver wrote:

Note … I see that the 2008 Picnic Event page on the WGA is up and running … HOWEVER, the link given to the geocaching.com page currently links to last years (2007) event page.

I’m assuming someone will see this and fix it.

Thanks for pointing this out Ron. There are many issues with the event page at the moment, as it has been sitting half done for a couple days. It should be cleaned up tonight, and hopefully there will be a geocaching.com event cache listing approved soon after.

[Jeremy]

@Da Bloodhound wrote:

I would also like to know if Jeremy could re-establish the page showing all the entries and note the three winners to move to round two.

We’ve chosen not to publish the full results of round 1 until after round 2 (the final round) is complete. We want people to cast unbiased votes for what they think is the best looking logo, not shift their votes based on the first round results.

After the final round of voting is complete, I will make a results page that has all the submitted logos and the number of votes each got in both of the rounds.

[Jeremy]

Thanks for posting the ordered list Gary… you must have had trouble sleeping last night. 🙂

[Jeremy]

@Timberline Echoes wrote:

How do we find how many in the US?
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There are 352994 active caches in the US, or about 60% of the worldwide total.

For those interested in numbers, here they are for each state (and DC):

Alabama 4923
Alaska 2490
Arizona 8270
Arkansas 4282
California 52520
Colorado 7881
Connecticut 3418
District of Columbia 85
Delaware 944
Florida 15874
Georgia 5469
Hawaii 843
Idaho 6128
Illinois 8346
Indiana 8832
Iowa 5227
Kansas 3686
Kentucky 4952
Louisiana 2825
Maine 2800
Maryland 3493
Massachusetts 4756
Michigan 9983
Minnesota 7925
Mississippi 1988
Missouri 3772
Montana 2378
Nebraska 3299
Nevada 5254
New Hampshire 3418
New Jersey 4582
New Mexico 3775
New York 11238
North Carolina 11968
North Dakota 583
Ohio 11094
Oklahoma 4089
Oregon 12125
Pennsylvania 11773
Rhode Island 868
South Carolina 2934
South Dakota 1776
Tennessee 9253
Texas 24822
Utah 11767
Vermont 1472
Virginia 6917
Washington 12811
West Virginia 1838
Wisconsin 8815
Wyoming 2433
TOTAL 352994

Of course, these figures were obtained from geocaching.com by clicking on each state’s search page, not via an automated spider, scraper, or harvester program. 😉

[Jeremy]

Yes, these are definitely wolves. You can tell by their coloration and the fact that the ears are relatively small.

One thing the picture doesn’t really convey is the size of the wolves. As furfool says, when you see a full grown adult wolf there is no mistaking it for anything else because of its size. They are about the size of a small deer (though not as tall)… at 100+ pounds they are bigger than most dogs.

Here is a wolf identification PDF:

http://www.wolf.org/wolves/pdf/W&H_was_that_a_wolf.pdf

[Jeremy]

@LDove wrote:

Holy crud! It works! I honestly have NO IDEA what I did, I just reloaded my Palm software like 6 times and then one last time decided to update it with a PDA414 patch from Palm and now it works with Cachemate! I feel like I won the lottery! 😀 Thanks everyone for your suggestions and help! ❗ ❗ ❗

Sweet! I hope it keeps working for you (don’t touch ANYTHING :)).

What was this patch you applied? Maybe if it is something you got off the Internet you can post a link to it? I did not see a patch for Palm Desktop 4.14 on the page Da Fu posted. Fu, are you using Palm Desktop 4.14 or the newer 6.2?

@LDove wrote:

Frustrated… I would try the memory card thing, but I can’t even get the hotsync to work.

If you use a memory card to transfer the CacheMate .pdb file to the Palm, you don’t need to have syncing working or even have the Palm Desktop software installed. You simply copy the file created by GSAK to the memory card. (Of course you need a memory card reader to be able to do this…)

[Jeremy]

I forgot the Zire 31 has a memory card slot. You can totally skip the whole install and HotSync steps and install the CacheMate database file using the memory card. You just copy the .pdb file created by GSAK to the card. Kind of inconvenient, but it should work.

More info:

http://kb.palm.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE?New,Kb=PalmSupportKB,ts=Palm_External2001,Case=obj(43851)

[Jeremy]

I moved this to the Help forum.

Let me guess… it either is failing when it goes to install the .pdb (CacheMate database) file using the Palm Quick Install tool or it is failing during the HotSync operation? If this is the case, switching to a different Palm program while still using the Zire 31 would not help. Though if you have the money to buy a fancy new Palm, you could get CacheMate (and everything else) to work.

Have you tried the 6.2 version of Palm Desktop? The Zire is technically not supported but it may be new enough that it works:

http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/windesk62.html

Your other option is to go back to an older version of Palm Desktop and use something like this to install the CacheMate file:

http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9321/simple-installer-released-for-vista/

(this assumes the Quick Install is the problem, and the HotSync is working)

Does anyone out there have an older Palm syncing successfully with a Vista PC? I use an ancient TRGpro (Palm III style) Palm so I think I’m going to avoid running Vista at home as long as possible…

[Jeremy]

@nohandsgps wrote:

@Jeremy wrote:

I looked at this when Ken first posted it and the issue I have is that it appears you can’t “zoom” the map in on a particular location (i.e. US, Wisconsin).

It states on the site that you can get to the city level.

Yes, it does attempt to guess what city people are logging in from (using their IP address) and you can view the city information if you mouse over the various stars on the map. However, you can’t zoom the map into the city level and see where people are coming from plotted on a more detailed map.

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