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Ask jthorson about his now-archived geocache called Bray Road Beast (GCE40B).

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@Trudy & the beast wrote:

Whoo-Whoo!!! This is great.
Here is one I tried with my photos from the Winter Janboree: http://animoto.com/play/42f3b587e73fc15c0baf3a3116b54e03

Nice!
I’m still trying to picture The Beast picking out the song “Funky Love” by Jay-J.

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There are many attractions worth a visit in Eastern Iowa. Here are but a few:

http://www.fieldofdreamsmoviesite.com/

http://www.amanacolonies.org/

http://www.ncsml.org/research/czechpoints/czechpoints.htm

http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=HGM082-009

http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/gsi/gb70/pp-info.htm

http://www.silosandsmokestacks.org/resources/FieldTripGuide/Winneshiek/bily_clock_museum_antonin_dvorak_exhibit.htm

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/slideshow.php?id=28977

Anywhere on the Mississippi River

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Very cool, Ron. I use a similar program called PhotoShow. Here’s an example from one of our kayak trips last summer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPuy7b28aiM

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If the WGA were to have a community service project what would it be?

There are many possibilites that we haven’t yet begun to explore. In addition to WGA CITO events like the one I organized and led (yes, it’s true, we held a very successful official WGA CITO event), we can reach out to introduce new segments of the population to geocaching.

For example, every Sunday evening during the winter months (except for Super Bowl Sunday), I volunteer as a ski guide for blind skiers at Sunburst. During the summer months, there are many blind and visually impaired people who would love to participate in outdoor activities, and I would like to see the WGA get involved in guiding them on geocache hunts. After all, most of us know that the best parts of geocaching are the walks in the woods and the social interaction, so the blind can take part in that as well. Additionally, GPS devices for the blind are available and the WGA could be a trend-setter among all geocaching organizations by reaching out to the blind to guide them on geocache hunts.

The WGA should consider leading groups of inner city kids on geocache hunts. These could be arranged as school field trips or through Boys Clubs and Girls Clubs. This would not only be great for the kids, it would also be educational and fulfilling for the WGA members who participate.

We can also take part in getting the WGA known as an environmental group by participating in “green” geocaching events such as those at the Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee and with environmental groups in communities throughout the state. Such events would not only increase awarness of our organization, it might also help our members think about how they can practice more eco-friendly geocaching by car pooling, walking, or biking to find caches.

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@Team Deejay wrote:

There is a Sherper’s in Oconomowoc. West enough for you?

That works. I forgot they have a store in Ocona… Oco… out there.
Thanks!

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I’ve had my GPS in carryon luggage lots of times and used it while in flight. No problems.

And since I’m going to be on a flight this weekend, I checked a little further into the battery rule and the distinction between rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries. I found this story from The Associated Press, December 28, 2007:

To help reduce the risk of fires, air travelers will no longer be able to pack loose lithium batteries in checked luggage beginning Jan. 1, the Transportation Department said Friday.

Passengers can still check baggage with lithium batteries if they are installed in electronic devices, such as cameras, cell phones and laptop computers. If packed in plastic bags, batteries may be in carryon baggage. The limit is two batteries per passenger.

The ban affects shipments of non-rechargeable lithium batteries, such as those made by Energizer Holdings Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co.’s Duracell brand.

So according to this, the new rule does not affect rechargeable batteries. Can anyone confirm that?

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Cool topic! I enjoyed checking out the links to caches. Some of them brought back some good memories, especially Carpe Cache, which Grousetales and I first found way back in ’02. I didn’t know about the cache in Kenosha harbor when I did a moonlight kayak paddle there a couple of months ago with Cat Hunter.

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http://www.srh.noaa.gov/rfcshare/precip_analysis_new.php

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Beware: The number of times you use a smiley face in a message times the number of times you claimed to have LOL’d when you didn’t really equals the number of cats you will own in old age. 🙂 😆 😛 😉

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@Trudy & the beast wrote:

Thanks Ken, the video was a welcome diversion from my “walk the mall in my God-awful brace” routine. — just a few more weeks to go. 😀

Hang in there, Ray. I went through similar trials before, during and following my spinal fusion surgery. Life does get better if you stick with your therapy and stay active.

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No problem about derailing topics here. It’s all off-topic anyway. 😀
Thanks for viewing the video.

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@LightningBugs Mum wrote:

Just wanted to add this:

@Team Deejay wrote:

Plus, remember that reviewers are NOT acting on behalf of the WGA, but instead on behalf of Groundspeak (owners of geocaching.com, for those few who didn’t know). The WGA has no involvement in geocache placement review.

Quoted for truth. When you see a reviewer’s name containing “WGA-something”, it means that this person is a WGA board member. However, their duties as a reviewer are completely independent of thier duties leading the WGA. Repeat: the WGA has nothing to do with cache approval.

To shed some historical perspective on this… If you look back at the origins of the WGA and its involvement with Groundspeak, you’ll find that there was indeed a connection between the WGA and the geocache reviewing function. Beginning in 2002 at the suggestion of the WGA, Groundspeak granted the WGA the authority to review geocaches by having two geocache reviewers on our board of directors who review all Wisconsin geocaches submitted to Geocaching.com. This was done so the WGA could assure the Wisconsin DNR and other government entities that the activity of geocaching — at least the part of it that participated and listed caches through geocaching.com — was being managed by a set of rules and that we (the WGA) had the ability to help the DNR in case they wanted a local/regional group they could turn to help enforce specific rules about geocaching on DNR-managed properties. Since that time, a subsequent WGA Board of Directors decided that Wisconsin reviewers do not have to be elected WGA board members, so there is now more of a separation than there used to be between the WGA and the Wisconsin reviewers. But historically, the connection was there. My understanding is that the present Wisconsin reviewers were all endorsed by the WGA Board of Directors before they were recommended to Groundspeak to be reviewers, but I’m not certain of that. Can any current Board members clarify that point?

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SanDisk makes some good players that are compatible with PCs and Windows Media Player. We just bought a new one as a gift for Mary’s mother. I have an iPod Nanno, which is also a nice device but more expensive then the non-iPod models.

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