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Originally posted by Team Honeybunnies:
Awww! C’mon! Why do I get stuck with him?! Wait a minute… That’s one way to get him to do my favorite nasty swamp caches. Do you think he/it would melt ?
Unless you throw him in a fire, he won’t melt. I’m thinking we could make a rule that he could only go in caches of terrain rating 4 or higher. Maybe launch him in Rock Lobster?
So, is your current account going to be the owner of the bug, or are you going to put this “duty” on Seth?
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Originally posted by Cachew:
PS – watch Channel 15 this Sunday at 10PM for a geocache hunt with a local reporter!
Did you bring Wicket along??
One possible proposal for those who deal with the DNR: What about allowing geocaching in SNAs where hunting is also allowed? I don’t know how many of these there are, but I do know of at least one close to me. I can’t believe that geocachers would do more harm than hunters (in general) given the number of spent shells I carry out of the marshes during deer and duck seasons. The one I am thinking of is Cherry Lake Sedge Meadow, which is smack in the middle of the Honey Creek Wildlife Area and is frequently hunted, particularly during waterfowl season.
This is the third fire site I have found in Vernon Marsh. The first is right by the south entrance, and the second is at ground zero of the Spawned by Stonehaven cache, but the cache is ok. These all look intentionally set by DNR personnel, as in very well defined (and straight) boundaries, evidence of water saturation just past the burn areas, and evidence of accelerants used(at least at this last one). The trees in this last area have been cut, but not completely, like the fire was supposed to knock the trees over. In at least one case, the fire didn’t topple the tree, so now there is a tree with a sawcut 90% of the way through, just waiting to fall over on someone. I probably should have pushed it over, but I was busy trying to find the cache and forgot to do it. I believe the DNR is implementing an active “cutting and burning” program to restore the prairies/marshes to a more natural and primitive state.
and if you still prefer the Mapquest maps, just click the text link on the left side of the page. It works just like clicking the map used to work.
After you post your “found it” log, visit the log and click the “edit log” link. At the top of the page, you will find a link to “upload image”.
The unit has been returned. Lucky for me that the Ebay guy was decent and agreed to accept the return.
After spending some time on the Garmin website, I determined that they would have refused to honor the warranty on this unit anyway, because it was not purchased through one of their “authorized” vendors. How the average buyer can know which vendor is authorized is beyond me. It seems like Garmin is more interested in protecting their authorized dealers than providing a quality product to their customers.
Since Garmin has taken this position, I will no longer buy ANYTHING from Garmin until they rethink this particular business practice. This is too bad for them, since I am in the market for a new GPS. If someone has experience dealing with Garmin on GPS’s purchased online, please post here to let the rest of us know.
Assuming you don’t mind getting it at a discount, here is a link on to a listing on Ebay for $109 on the “Buy it now” program. List is just under $140. If you don’t like this one, there are others, but this was the cheapest with a buy it now still available.
http://cgi.ebay.com/BRAND-NEW-GARMIN-MAPSOURCE-CITY-NAVIGATOR-N-AMERICA-V7_W0QQitemZ9718107069QQcategoryZ58047QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemOn a positive note, I had an email conversation with the owner of Miniwaukan Cache on the list. He didn’t understand that he was the one who needed to archive the cache and was waiting for the approvers to do it. Should be done this week.
On a negative note, it looks like someone has reenabled a cache without bothering to put it back out again. I won’t mention the name here, as I am still working with the approvers, but if you are hunting caches in the Waterford/Rochester area, please check the logs before heading out to avoid disappointment.
Woohoo! Congrats Marc and see you on the trails.
The major is right about Cachemate being worth the money. I think the current limit is only 10 caches for the evaluation version.
With regard to Winzip, if you are planning on upgrading your operating system to Windows XP, you should do that instead of spending the money for Winzip as it is included in the new OS. If you aren’t planning to upgrade, Winzip is one of those “must-have” utilities for internet life.
There is a pawn shop that takes canoes???
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Originally posted by Team Shak:
I’m trying to figure out a way for people to place caches of all sizes not just micros (as male Honeybunny puts it) “Christmas tree hides”. LOL
How about placing LARGE container, like a garbage can or a crate deep in a relatively inaccessible area, like a marsh or an island or just deep in the forest, and then fill it with ammo cans or other regular size containers for people to take? Admittedly this would be a bit expensive to set up and maintain, but if you want to seed regular caches, this would do it. The added benefit would be that the only people seeking this cache would be those willing to brave the more difficult terrain, and would thus be more likely to place the new cache in their own choice of challenging terrain.
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Originally posted by Scout Dog:
One other quick question, What do the little “d” in the bars on the satalite page mean? I am assuming that means they are locked in? And, what satalite number is the WAAS? I am never sure when I am WAAS enabled or not?
Sounds like you are using a Garmin Etrex. The D means “Differential” which means the WAAS is connected to those signals marked with the D. I don’t think the WAAS satellite uses the same numbering system as the GPS satellites.
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