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What is a WPA?

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Where’s the I hate Peeps option?

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GCXJ2Z is at labelle cemetery. I believe there is an entry in Haunted Wisconsin (or Wierd Wisconsin) about a haunting there…

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When you get to the page about the Kangaroos in Brookfield…ya those were my inlaws.

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@Team Deejay wrote:

@Greendale4X4 wrote:

I was just notified that the event will be held on Saturday. 😀

Keep checking their website for more info.

-Jason

Ugh, that isn’t particularly good news. I think there is an organized bike ride in the area on the same day. Be careful out there, folks.

Bicycle or Motorcycle?

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@GetMeOutdoors wrote:

If the ALR is worth doing, it will be done. If it’s overly-lame or a waste of time, then it will get skipped. This change might actually IMPROVE the sport (rather than diluting it) by causing cache designers to put more thought into their OLR’s (optional logging requirements) to make them interesting and enjoyable. Though I’m unfamiliar with most of Alex’s ALR caches, they seem to be interesting enough to want to do the additional things anyway and tell about them in the log. Maybe that’s the kind of example people will look to as they develop “requirements” going forward.

I agree with that line of thought and S|S “Consult the Oracle” has been on my todo list for a very long time. I actually found the cache a couple of years ago but didn’t have time to sketch the art (plus it was dark out at the time). Eventually I’ll grab that one ❗

If it’s worth doing people will do it…if they choose not to…so be it. Their loss.

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So would I be correct in assuming that travel bug “prisons” which require a trade in order to move bugs are now optional as well? So who is responsible for replacing the deleted logs once cache owners delete the finds? The reviewers? Don’t they already have enough to do?

I just think this causes more problems than it solves…

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I’m just going to flat out archive my EarthCache Tic-Tac-Toe challenge cache. I’m disappointed with the decision but understand it.

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@SammyClaws wrote:

LB7 – if you use GSAK, you can generate a customized GPX file with way more logs than a standard pocket query. I also use the user sort to order all my caches in a route that I am planning for the day. Also I just replace the same file on the unit. Overall, I am pleased with how the process works.

But more importantly, Garmin released Beta 2.95 for the Oregon this week. For those that have not upgraded in a while, the accuracy is up, there are several new screen updates, and the POIs are much more organized. Other than a problem with a marine map, no one is reporting any problems with this one. Garmin programmers also threw in a few Easter eggs in reference to an old game called Oregon Trail.

Who knows, maybe the next one will be the Yellowstone.

I can’t bring myself to learn GSAK…not sure why.

I did download 2.95 about 15 minutes after it went up. The version is really good. Other than the recalculating when you go off route, the unit seems pretty awesome..but the route recalculate slowness really sux.

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Didn’t know they were there….

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GPS the Movie has also been released.

I bought it and the movie is pretty good but it is not family friendly nor is it a Hollywood blockbuster. I’d say the acting and action is on par with most SciFi Channel movies. I like it though, and there are hidden codes in the movie which you can find and then go to GPS the Game and enter to get access to puzzles which you can solve.

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There used to be…I don’t think that type of code is allowed any longer. You will have to create a link to it….or am I wrong?

This is the only one I found that had sound….and it is quiet tonite…

GCME1Z

It was BTW my all time favorite cache.

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OK two months later and I finally figured out how to get geocaches into the unit en mass. I had been opening the pocket query with Mapsourse then sending them to the Oregon…that doesn’t work. The files are saved as waypoints so there are no cachepage descriptions, hints and other paperless information (and the wpts appear in the waypoint screen not the geocaching screen). Even saving the Mapsource file as GPX and transfering them doesn’t work. I had a heck of a time figuring this out but finally it dawned upon me that Mapsource might be the problem.

This time I just dragged the raw files right from GC (after I unzipped them) to the correct folder in the unit and woohoo the files showed up where and how they were supposed to. I still say Garmin really made this way too complicated by forcing folks to mess with folders on the unit…and not telling you how to do it; the user guide is pitiful.

Also there have been many new updates to the operating software for the unit and the latest changes are very exciting with lots of new screen changes and other “stuff.” Many folks continue to test these updates…I’m waiting until the bugs to get worked out but the newest stuff looks pretty cool. There is hope for this unit yet.

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@Geoffnsara wrote:

The one place you must go is The Safe House. There is a cache there inside the bar.

YEP. That is a can’t miss location / cache.

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There was barely any notice of this event at all. The news hardly even mentioned it. A geocache gets blown up and it’s big news….a real bomb…eh not so much.

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