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@seldom|seen wrote:

I WOULD ALSO STRONGLY SUGGEST reserving the central campfire ring to the right of the first fork when you get to the top of the first stretch of road. That would be an ideal central meeting place and staging ground for the event although there are the group campsites with fire-pits.

I’m not sure what the fire pit(s) are like at the group area but the fire ring S|S is speaking of is an ideal gathering place with LOTS of room to stretch out and enough room for a few dozen folks to cozy up to the fire at the same time. Parking is also very close. I’d like to see us make use of that on at least one (if not both) nights….that said we will have to have a few firewood donations to make full use of the fire ring.

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@SammyClaws wrote:

@AuntieNae wrote:

I am looking for updates on how well both the Oregon and Colorado models handle the really cold weather . …

We used ours this week too. The touchscreens (w/ Invisibleshields on them) work fine, even with gloves on.

The rechargeable batteries we use seem to be more affected by the low temps. I’m guessing they drained twice as fast.

We’re hoping to make the Janboree this weekend. If anyone wants to see them, we’d be happy to share what we know about them.

Oh yeah, the other cool thing is you can re-organize your icons (menu). I put all of the ones I use the most on my front screen.

Yep my batteries died at an alarming rate yesterday as well…and I spent 45 minutes arranging my icons just the way I wanted them last nite….OK so I have issues…..

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@Buy_The_Tie wrote:

I don’t know if this link will work: Map Quest Link (you may need to zoom out)

The above link is for these co-ords: N44 02.565 W89 05.834

OK…wow. And here I thought Google(Earth) pawned at all they did. That is a fantastic map and all I need. Thanks for the help.

I will be submitting this EC later today.

Thanks for all the offers of help!

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Nice to see this thread so active. Thanks everyone. I think this will be helpful for folks.

I have not yet used the GC logging feature which Zuma mentioned….I knew about it but haven’t gotten to a point where I’m ready to mess with that aspect yet….there are lots of bells and whistles on this unit…..hopefully they will start ringing out a song for me instead of just making noise.

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@nohandsgps wrote:

@JimandLinda wrote:

I should be driving through Red Granite tomorrow. If noone else has gotten you the #’s, I’ll try to “get a fix” for you! 🙂

If you don’t stop by I can have my dad get the coords. He works in Redgranite.

If you get it posted before the weekend I can make it a must do on saturday before we go to hartman creek.

It is a great place to dive. The vis is good up to 20′ most of the time. Go past the 1st thermal cline and the temp is too cold for a wetsuit (IMO). I usually go Memorial Day weekend.

Ya never know….sometimes I have had listings go live in as few as two hours or as long as several days….I will submit the listing just as soon as I have the parking coords. 😛

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@RSplash40 wrote:

I’ve spent hours upon hours both above and below the water of that quarry. Unfortunately don’t live close anymore.

Lots of neat things to see and wonder “what the was that for?” there.

It looks like an awesome place to dive!

@JimandLinda wrote:

I should be driving through Red Granite tomorrow. If noone else has gotten you the #’s, I’ll try to “get a fix” for you! 🙂

Woot! I hope you have the time….did you want me to email you the cache page info so you can be first finder?

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@djwini wrote:

why are the oregon/colorado better than the 60 series?

Honestly I don’t think it is. The GPS60 series is a very well seasoned and useful unit. I was hoping that the paperless caching would be worth it but I’m not so sure it is. This unit is kinda awkward in terms of getting from function to function when navigating / caching. There are just way too many screens to visit to get all the needed information….many times requiring you to back out of screen after screen to change a simple function.

Another problem is that the CD user manual is nearly useless; it does not explain even half of the settings or functions…I’m VERY disappointed with that.

I’m still not sure about it’s accuracy, I did finally get out and find a few caches but with all the screen changing and futzing around with settings I had a hard time concentrating on the units accuracy……when I was finally at my destinations (in part guided there with my GPS60Cx), the unit did have the same distance and direction from GZ as the GPS60Cx.

So far I’d say stick with the GPS60C series.

I’d like to hear how happy others are with this unit…

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Rather than try and come up with some whole new card…perhaps ask the facility to grant a discount to those holding a WGA ID tag. Most of us who have visited WGA sanctioned events now own one.

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OK I returned the Oregon 200 yesterday and picked up the 300. The 300 is VASTLY better than the 200…it’s quite a bit more money but to be honest the 200 is seriously lacking in several areas. The most irritating thing so far about the 300 is that it did not come with a lanyard….come on it would cost them like $0.50.

The auto-routing works well as does the recalculation feature….the sound is there for upcoming turns so that’s a good thing. The alarm clock is really nice as a camping feature as I’m always out before first light….. I also really like that it also features fitness settings for biking and heat-rate monitoring (accessories needed).

It is not as well lit as the GPS60Cx so seeing the display is a bit more difficult…

I will report back once I actually go and try to find something….but as it’s now been 48 days (who’s counting) since I last found a cache it may be a bit longer. But, from what I can tell this is a far better unit than the Oregon 200.

…One note about the cache page information it displays (description, hints, terrain / difficulty, finder logs etc.):
Simple pages show up very nicely on screen, however if the page is rich in HTML all that code also appears and does make the page a bit harder to read on the unit…not terrible but yes a bit irritating.

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That is a bit farther than I usually like to go……but that IS really cool. It must have been hard to get it just right.

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@cheezehead wrote:

Gary, what office is your contact out of if you know?

This is the final person whose desk my request landed upon. He gave me the A’ok. Keep in mind this was for the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
Gregory A. Knight, CPSS
Minerals & Geology Program Manager
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
850 N. 8th Street, Medford, WI 54451
e-mail address: gknight at fs.fed.us
Phone: 715-748-4875 Ext. 26
Fax: 715-748-5675

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I’m guessing that this might be a little late but I do now have a contact for the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest if you need it…they even fact checked my information for me. Also, that particular forest’s policy allows for geocaches to be placed without permission. While they do not specifically say Earthcaches, those should fall under the same category.

That said there might be a workaround….
This is the response I got from Geoaware about National Forest listings:

Gary,
I am afraid all EarthCaches placed within USFS land must have permission
(or else a direct note to us regarding their policy).
Anny
Geoaware

So it is possible they would accept the link to the forests geocaching permission page…or does that mean they want the note from the forest folks…I just went ahead and got real permission from a human.

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Deleted ANOTHER german armchair logger at my “First Baby” virtual cache.

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@SammyClaws wrote:

@Lostby7 wrote:

OK…does the 300 series Oregon beep when routing on road for turns? The 200 does not and frankly that just may be a good reason for me to return the unit. That is pretty darn important to me.

Also I drove off route and the unit did not correct me on the fly to get back on route…is there a setting I need to flick on or do these not have the ability to Recalculate automatically?

Can anyone help me on this?

Yes the 300 does beep twice, as you get near and when you should be making the turn. And yes the unit will recalculate the route if you miss a turn. If you check the wiki there are a couple of things make the 300 more desirable than the 200. I believe memory and speaker are the two big ones.

I checked the WIKI but came up short…..looks like this one is on the way back to the store.

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OK…does the 300 series Oregon beep when routing on road for turns? The 200 does not and frankly that just may be a good reason for me to return the unit. That is pretty darn important to me.

Also I drove off route and the unit did not correct me on the fly to get back on route…is there a setting I need to flick on or do these not have the ability to Recalculate automatically?

Can anyone help me on this?

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