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Or my kind of nano.
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Wanted no more!!! Go figure that the day I posted this thread, the exact truck shows up on a carfax search just 55 miles from home. I worked out the details and picked up the new Geo-Terra last night.
Gotta go get me some more travel bug decals made!
We use our Garmin Street Pilot for caching, but only when were doing a whole bunch at one time, or if we’re out of our local area. It has saved us a bunch of time and hassle.
Youch! Glad you’re OK.
FYI: The Aurora’s show up at any time of year. They’re caused by solar flares that can occur at any time. It’s hit or miss.
@Sagasu wrote:
TyeDyeSkyGuy wrote:
We need to remember the reason we all got into this sport, which is I believe for fun. There seems to be so many issues as of late, that some of the fun, at least for me, has gone out of this sport.
The BOD election might be a little different matter and deserve more scrutiny on how the ballots are cast.
Very True. Maybe in this case there should be a 6 month membership requirement before you can vote in the BOD elections.
There are a lot of good opinions here on what should be done. I agree with many of them, but also think it should just be left alone.
In 2006, one of my caches was nominated, and then won cache of the month. It went on to win cache of the year after some controversy involving the same thing we are speaking of here. At the time I was in my rookie year of caching, and was so excited to be noticed by my peers, that I absolutely solicited votes. I couldn’t see past the thought of winning when I was so new to the sport. I even went so far as to have my wife sign up for the WGA and vote for our own cache. She did come back and check out the WGA forums for a few months afterward, but hasn’t been back since. I still wonder if we would have won without her vote. It’s my * next to my name. I learned a lot from that experience.
Not long after the COTY win, I had another cache come up for COTM. Toward the end of the voting I urged all of my caching buddies who had not done my cache to rescind their votes. Whether they did or not, I don’t know, but I did lose.
I was nominated again for COTM this past month. I didn’t solicit any votes, in fact it was a friend that brought it up in a local forum, and all I did was ask that people do my cache.
We need to remember the reason we all got into this sport, which is I believe for fun. There seems to be so many issues as of late, that some of the fun, at least for me, has gone out of this sport.
[/quote]…Oh, and welcome to gepcaching, and the WGA!
Keep it simple to start.
Go with Garmin or Magellan.
Maybe try out a used one from eBay. If you like the sport, which I’m sure you and the grandkids will, go for a better model then.
Simplicity is key here. Try them out in the store to see what features you like, and which ones are easier for you to use. Do this even if purchasing on-line.
I try to bring as little as possible with me when I cache. It’s usually me, my GPS’r, and my walking stick. On long days I’ll take a waist pack with some essentials, and if I’m with the whole crew, the backpack comes out.
@ToyotaRyan wrote:
I keep most of my geocaching stuff in a backpack under my desk. I’ve been keeping my ammo boxes just stacked under my desk. Still waiting on getting some of my caches approved from the reviewer. They sure do make this game hard.
Once you have a few more placements under your belt, the whole process will become a lot easier.
Congrats on 1k!
Congrats on the big 1k!
Welcome to the WGA Sara.
Paperless?
Bring GPS, go caching. No paper required. 😀
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