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@The Crippler wrote:

The Bay of Fundy is famous for scallops and agates. when the tide is out the place comes alive with clammers and agate hunters. There are whale watching tours all over the place as it is the only place that certian types of whales come in the summer time. The tidal bores on the rivers are very impressive too.

Posting a link to a rockhound page about the bay…..mostly for me to find here later. This really sounds like a neat place…but keep em coming…

http://www.robsrockshop.com/catalog/index.cfm?cid=82

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@greyhounder wrote:

I love Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach in Delaware.

Tides?

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@The Crippler wrote:

I would also suggest the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia and Maine. Besides Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor, the jump off points, are excellent also. I recall walking over 1/2 mile on the mud flats to an island during low tide. Really think about it as it would be a closer drive than Seattle too.

The drive looks to be 25 hours…might be better to fly it….are there critters / shells left after tide goes out?

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@Jeremy wrote:

@Mathman wrote:

There is a really neat one near Maine and I think there is a cache associated with it. I don’t recall the name offhand. Alaska also has many, but it isn’t safe to walk out there as the mudflats are dangerous to walk on.

The Bay of Fundy (east of Maine… in Canada) has perhaps the greatest tidal range in the world. There was a tide related (Earth?)cache in a national park… I’d get you the GC number but geocaching.com is giving me a runtime error.

I’ll look for it….My wife would like it out East (wine), but I’m looking for warmish if possible. I’ll see if I can find some information on that geocache / area. Thanks and keep em coming.

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@labrat_wr wrote:

It’s been a long time but if I remember correctly, there are some good tidal shifts along Puget Sound in Washington state. you may want to research this a bit more to see if they are as dramatic as you wish them to be. Either way, the Great Northwest has some really interesting geology( volcanoes, mountain ranges, etc)

That is the only corner of the country I have not made it to yet….keep em coming.

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Tech or Nature guy? To be honest I recall very little of my childhood…blunt force trauma to the ol’ noggin has a tendency to make things a bit foggy.

…but I sure do love electronics. I know more than average but not enough to make any money with that knowledge. It took me until last year to finally get a cell phone so I guess I can’t say I’m hardcore overly in that respect.

…but I love biking; wind rushing under my helmet, fire in my legs on a brutal climb, the turkey or field of flowers off to the right….I guess I have to lean on the side of nature.

Geocaching really opened my eyes to things around me and made me also want to share those things with my children….waterfalls, mountains, deep cut ravines, mighty rivers and arid deserts….because of geocaching I rediscovered those things and brought them to my children’s attention as well. How these experiences will shape them is hard to say but I think they are better for having experienced these things.

As for the whole social aspect so many of you mention…I’m still working on that part. Give me a 100 mile ride up the brutal hills of Blue Mounds or a 4 hour hike up Harney Peak…I’ll take that any day before I have to give a public speech (I’m a writer not a conversationalist).

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@Team Deejay wrote:

Actually, Wisconsin statute 895.52 makes it nearly impossible to SUCCESSFULLY sue someone for injuries incurred while participating in a recreational activity. Essentially you have to prove that the other party intentionally injured you (with an exception for contact sports, where intentional injury is also exempted!) That said, they could still file a lawsuit and waste people’s time and money defending it. Most organizations require a waiver to allow for a quick quashing of these frivolous lawsuits.

Interesting….and let me tell you if you are uninsured and just married stay off of city playground equipment (which may or may not be subject to catastrophic failure) as you can’t sue the city either…and if the police tell you to go to the hospital don’t think it will be covered by the city…he cares about your health not your bankbook.

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Well I took this unit to South Dakota this past week. I took hundreds of pictures and found a couple dozen geocaches.
The camera worked great and took awesome pictures.

It routed pretty well and even did a reasonable job of re-routing when off the route when driving.

I did crash it a couple of times going from one screen to another but it was no big deal. In all the unit was very stable and reliable for the week of heavy usage.

In terms of accuracy and signal lock, I cannot report any issues or problems (even in the mountains and valleys of the Badlands and the Black Hills there was no problem with signal lock).

I’m not sure this unit is a home run but it is a triple with a man trying to steal home….the price is hefty though; I’d wait at least 6 months and the unit will no doubt drop in price by $100.

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shocking it’s down….

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@Lostby7 wrote:

@gotta run wrote:

@Lostby7 wrote:

Routing: I was hoping for better routing on the unit but it is still sluggish (taking about .25 to .30 miles before recalculating).

The 450 does a recalc within a few seconds. I wonder if it’s a difference between using a hardware-installed map (CN uploaded to the device) versus your SD card?

I’ll let you know if I have the same experience with the 500 (when it get’s here 👿 )

That is a good question. I’d be interested in that. I will inquire at the Oregon WIKI site and see what other users find and report back here as well.

Garmin is still working on the routing issues…here is a list o fthe known problems:
http://garminoregon.wikispaces.com/Issues+List#toc7

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I have always just cleaned out the files manually (deleted the GPX and found files on the Garmin) then reloaded a new GPX file which doesn’t contain those files. Not using GSAK I just pop the new file right on the unit…I agree the way the caches are not editable / deletable is a pain.

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@gotta run wrote:

@Lostby7 wrote:

Routing: I was hoping for better routing on the unit but it is still sluggish (taking about .25 to .30 miles before recalculating).

The 450 does a recalc within a few seconds. I wonder if it’s a difference between using a hardware-installed map (CN uploaded to the device) versus your SD card?

I’ll let you know if I have the same experience with the 500 (when it get’s here 👿 )

That is a good question. I’d be interested in that. I will inquire at the Oregon WIKI site and see what other users find and report back here as well.

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Routing:
The biggest complaint I had with the Oregon 300 was that the auto-routing was painfully slow when you needed it to recalculate a route (if you went off its suggested road). I have so far had mixed results with the new 550. One day I kept turning off the route and it did a pretty good, albeit slow, job of recalculating a new route but I found that if you are on a road parallel to the route (within say .25 of the planned route) the unit would not recalculate the route. I was hoping for better routing on the unit but it is still sluggish (taking about .25 to .30 miles before recalculating). The Garmin Map60 series is still much quicker in making recalculations on the fly. That said you always have the option of forcing the Oregon to recalculate by entering in the destination a second (or third) time.

Accuracy:
I selected a waypoint at a telephone pole by my work and have navigated back to that spot before and after work each day. I found the unit exceptionally accurate bringing me to the same spot and the unit claiming to be within 4 feet accuracy (which it clearly was in real life). The pointer is also BIGGER and really nice and easy to see:

I will report back on both of these items in about a week after I run the unit through its paces under thick cover.

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@Averith wrote:

Glad I’m not the only who is confused. 😕 😕

I guess I get it….kinda. I just don’t think it’s funny.

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@Vegas Gamblers wrote:

Yeah, your right, I would have raced you there. I am looking forward to your reviews. How do you like the SD card for the maps? I usually get the CD, but they get expensive. I really am looking forward to the camera, three axis compass and the slick screen. I can deal with the accuracy of the unit if it is the same.

I have two sets of maps on the computer…the first set is fairly out of date…the second one now has “locks” which allow it to work on X number of units (which is my biggest Garmin complaint). I really like the SD card as I can move it between my Oregon and Map60 series. But if I could choose only one format I would pick the computer software every time as I do a heck of a lot of plotting and scheming on the computer maps.

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