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They are fairly sturdy steel…but you wouldn’t want to stay in any one spot too long…I guess it depends on what method you use to do the welding…I so should have paid more attention when my dad was showing me how to weld….
I use Firefox, IE and Chrome. I also use SeaMonkey on occasion. My primary browser is FireFox at home and IE at work. IE is better these days then it used to be but FireFox is still the best IMO due to all the custom apps you can install.
Here is some information.
Here is one forests policy:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/cnnf/rec/geochaching.htmlOther forests may have other policies. You might want to look at the particular forests website….and don’t call them a “Park” on the cache page; they hate that.
It was discussed in this thread to some extent.
http://wi-geocaching.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=7599&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=The most obvious way is to go out and buy an Oregon or Colorado…but those are $$$. (I don’t mean to make this statement off topic)
My stuff is EVERYWHERE: car, basement, bedroom, living room, other car, garage, rec room….I lose track then need to get more stuff…that must be why I have three GPS units…
Here is the actual rule from GC:
Cache Permanence
When you report a cache on the Geocaching.com web site, geocachers should (and will) expect the cache to be there for a realistic and extended period of time. Therefore, caches that have the goal to move (“traveling caches”), or temporary caches (caches hidden for less than 3 months or for events) most likely will not be published. If you wish to hide caches for an event, bring printouts to the event and hand them out there.
We realize that it is possible that a planned long-term cache occasionally becomes finite because of concerns with the environment, missing or plundered caches, or the owner’s decision to remove the cache for other valid reasons. Please do your best to research fully, hide wisely, and maintain properly for a long cache life.
@ToyotaRyan wrote:
@Lostby7 wrote:
There is a 1/5 island cache in Pewaukee.
GCQQ46
It seems to be working out OK (aside from a few missing containers).
Ah nice, we got an island cache here in Menasha as well. But it is surrounded by moving water that doesn’t freeze. But has a cache ever been layed out only in the winter months just sitting on the ice in the middle of a lake?
Due to cache permanence rules such a cache “shouldn’t” be approved. Not in Wisconsin anyway…in colder areas that do not thaw that shouldn’t be a problem and I’m sure has been done.
There is a 1/5 island cache in Pewaukee.
GCQQ46
It seems to be working out OK (aside from a few missing containers).
April 26th.
Another item which is at least interesting (well to me in any case) is that you do not have to live with the profile background screens they provide you with. I created my own jpegs and uploaded them to the unit. You can also do a search and find 240×400 phone wallpapers and use those. I’m not sure if you can use images other than 240×400 and have them show up correctly.
Here are some I found online and put on my Oregon300 (there is also a handy screen capture mode).
(I’m not sure how the bottom center one got in there 😉 )
OK. I found 18 (or so) today using only the Oregon300.
1.The accuracy seemed very good.
2. The routing worked well.
3. The display was tough to see compared to the Garmin GPS60Cx I had to shield the screen a few times to see what it was trying to tell me (while hiking and at full brightness).
4. Having rearranged all the function buttons the oft-required mode switching wasn’t too bad but if you really want to concentrate on the road while you drive this may not be the unit for you (I highly recommend pulling over to switch screens / functions which you will have to do fairly often).
5. I did notice that several times when the cache was near to the road the routing function (routing on road) would stop once I got to the destination. At that point the GPS was no longer looking for a geocache. I would have to go back into the geocache mode and select the cache again and prompt it to go to that location….(using several screens to get it to the “Off Road” mode). Be aware you will be doing lots of screen changing.
6. The logging function is cool and I used it today. All you need to do is select found / not found / needs maintenance etc and put in some notes about the find. The main drawback here is that the number of letters one is allowed to use is pretty small. When you get home you can transfer your logs to the cache pages by using the “Field Notes” link on GC. Once you upload your notes they appear as a list and you can click on each cache in the list which will bring you to the cache page with your notes already in the comments section on the cache page. From there you can edit and then hit “Submit log entry” just like any other log you have done. It might be best to just jot a few notes about each cache you find and then do the write up at the time you actually Submit your log entry that way you aren’t spending tons of time keying each letter in what is already a limited space on the unit itself (plus there was a lot of going back and correcting missed letters while typing on the unit).
7. Finally the user interface on the unit is strangely limited for example you cannot delete geocaches from the unit….this must be done from your computer when you plug the unit in. You will see some folders pop up and you will need to delete your geocaches from there (using your computer) to get them out of the unit. The notes you place about finds also appear here and will need to be deleted as well if you don’t want old finds confusing you. In other words unless you are comfortable working in Windows type folders with little direction from Garmins woefully inadequate user manual, you may want to skip this unit.
All things considered though it’s a fairly good model….but it could have been thought out a bit better. Perhaps there will still be some Garmin updates which will improve this model.
p.s. when the low battery indicator pops up believe it…you have about 10 seconds before the unit shuts down.
@Team Deejay wrote:
As far as I know, there is very little impediment to placing earthcaches, other than the rules of earthcache.org, so I really don’t see where the board has a role to play.
Thank you for your candor on this subject; staying silent about a topic which might not be self-flattering is a difficult thing to do and the sign of a true leader. You state you case very well and I agree with the correctness of your statements. However there are impediments to placing EarthCaches in the state and some of these have been overcome by the past BOD (getting placements allowed in SNAs for example). Who is to say other roadblocks will not arise?
I’ll be at the Waukesha Janboree as well…I do plan to find about 20ish local caches (and to the north) so I will really try and get a good feel for how this thing works….stop me if you are interested in seeing the Oregon300.
Beer bad.
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