Run, Run, Run and do this cache while the leaves are changing. And try to get there early in the morning, when the fog is lifting. It's an amazing view!
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7522dbf0-b4dc-432e-bee3-7c59d6099259
waypoint - GC1557K
The first stage is tricky. And gross. Stay to your right - the second part is rusty, not the first one. :-)
Monday, October 8, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Two Events This Week-end
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=0ef6b92f-2903-4beb-99fa-1d11ab5a6635
On Saturday, In Mechanicsburg. We were planning to go.. but we have the funeral for fellow cacher (and our boys scout master) Woodbuster that day, I don't think we can do both.
On Sunday at Knobels -
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3d7d3e29-a19c-48c8-967b-b907013f6127
On Saturday, In Mechanicsburg. We were planning to go.. but we have the funeral for fellow cacher (and our boys scout master) Woodbuster that day, I don't think we can do both.
On Sunday at Knobels -
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3d7d3e29-a19c-48c8-967b-b907013f6127
Race to Be FTF-
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Part of Datruck's Crew, Gr8dnz, trailblasers, and part of Buy& Buy - all out for a chance to be FTF in Muncy this week. :-)
Sunday, August 12, 2007
An Adventure!
Not our log - but a cacher we know...
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=16ae73b5-cea8-48cd-b9ce-75cf8771c545
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=16ae73b5-cea8-48cd-b9ce-75cf8771c545
Friday, August 10, 2007
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Meeting At Sulpher Springs
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Merchlinksy and Retphoto with Datruck's Crew - at the Sulpher Springs Cache.Thursday, July 5, 2007
How we paperless cache
We don't print the pages for each geocache before we go, we use our Palms.. another cacher asked me to send her the info on what we use, so while I had it all typed up, I thought I'd share, in case anyone else is interested in what works for us.
First = You need to be a premium member of geocaching.com It's worth the fee - there are members only caches too!
Second - GSAK. http://www.gsak.net/
You can use the trial version for 30 days to be sure you like all this before shelling out more money. :-)
Third - Cachemate - for the palm to read the files. There are other programs, but I like this one a lot. http://www.smittyware.com/palm/cachemate/ This one only costs $8
I use a Magellan explorist 500, and a tungsten E palm - Dan uses a Palm Zire with the same software.
Then I create a pocket query at geocaching.com
http://www.geocaching.com/pocket
it will come in an email as a zip file, extract it to a folder where you can find it again - I usually make a folder for each location. "Local", "Dunnstown Trip", etc. I delete them later.
Open gsak and load the file
Choose export - cachemate pdb file
Sync your palm
Then load the GPX file (the pocket query) on your palm.
That's it - you are all set!
First = You need to be a premium member of geocaching.com It's worth the fee - there are members only caches too!
Second - GSAK. http://www.gsak.net/
You can use the trial version for 30 days to be sure you like all this before shelling out more money. :-)
Third - Cachemate - for the palm to read the files. There are other programs, but I like this one a lot. http://www.smittyware.com/palm/cachemate/ This one only costs $8
I use a Magellan explorist 500, and a tungsten E palm - Dan uses a Palm Zire with the same software.
Then I create a pocket query at geocaching.com
http://www.geocaching.com/pocket
it will come in an email as a zip file, extract it to a folder where you can find it again - I usually make a folder for each location. "Local", "Dunnstown Trip", etc. I delete them later.
Open gsak and load the file
Choose export - cachemate pdb file
Sync your palm
Then load the GPX file (the pocket query) on your palm.
That's it - you are all set!
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Cache Stats
Some cool things I am playing with this morning... (and as soon as I have a few more minutes, I'll post about the 25 caches we found this past Sunday!)
http://www.itsnotaboutthenumbers.com/
& Cache Stats
http://www.logicweave.com/
http://www.itsnotaboutthenumbers.com/
& Cache Stats
http://www.logicweave.com/
Ticks!
Question 12: What is the best way to remove a tick?
A) Burn it.
B) Pluck it.
C) Suffocate it in petroleum jelly.
D) Apply nail polish remover, then ice.
The correct answer is B. Dr. Oz says ticks are one of the leading carriers of diseases in the United States, causing tens of thousands of people to contract Lyme disease each year. The safest way to remove a tick from your body without exposing yourself to diseases, Dr. Oz says, is simply to pull it out.
"It's actually the most common reason that we get bad problems resulting from insect bites," he says. "The tick has in itself viruses and other contaminants that are quite detrimental to our well-being. So if you try to burn it … or put gasoline on it, it actually irritates the tick. So what does the tick do? It regurgitates the fluid back into you."
To avoid the tick releasing its germs into your body, Dr. Oz says to remove it without bothering it. "Get your tweezers, flip the tick upside down, grab the mouth of it and pull hard," he says. "Don't twist it. Just pull it, because the barbs go straight in." If the tick's head remains in your skin after you remove its body, Dr. Oz says not to worry—the saliva and viruses are contained in the tick's body.
"If you want to get [the head] out like a splinter, then get it out," he says. "But I'll give advice for moms out there—if your kid has a little bit of the head left in, the body will push it out by itself. I wouldn't strap the kid down and go after the head of it. That's not where the infection is. The infection was the body that's already gone."
A) Burn it.
B) Pluck it.
C) Suffocate it in petroleum jelly.
D) Apply nail polish remover, then ice.
The correct answer is B. Dr. Oz says ticks are one of the leading carriers of diseases in the United States, causing tens of thousands of people to contract Lyme disease each year. The safest way to remove a tick from your body without exposing yourself to diseases, Dr. Oz says, is simply to pull it out.
"It's actually the most common reason that we get bad problems resulting from insect bites," he says. "The tick has in itself viruses and other contaminants that are quite detrimental to our well-being. So if you try to burn it … or put gasoline on it, it actually irritates the tick. So what does the tick do? It regurgitates the fluid back into you."
To avoid the tick releasing its germs into your body, Dr. Oz says to remove it without bothering it. "Get your tweezers, flip the tick upside down, grab the mouth of it and pull hard," he says. "Don't twist it. Just pull it, because the barbs go straight in." If the tick's head remains in your skin after you remove its body, Dr. Oz says not to worry—the saliva and viruses are contained in the tick's body.
"If you want to get [the head] out like a splinter, then get it out," he says. "But I'll give advice for moms out there—if your kid has a little bit of the head left in, the body will push it out by itself. I wouldn't strap the kid down and go after the head of it. That's not where the infection is. The infection was the body that's already gone."
Saturday, May 19, 2007
5 more caches today!
We're at 148. I think we decided our goal for the year is 300... so we have a lot of caching to do! These were some gorgeous caches, all fairly close to home, that we just hadn't taken the time to hunt down before now.
Started with Sappy Search - a puzzle cache located over at Montour Preserve. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f188a263-21c6-429e-aa89-0217e3d44943 We LOVE Montour Preserve, and this was a beautiful day for a little walk on one of the trails. We found a turtle here. :-)
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Next on to Katies Final Resting Place http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=2fc3a7ba-70ac-4b7d-9865-f349d30c5212
What amazing views up here! We saw a wild turkey cross the road ahead of us. The coolest part of this cache was the log book.. made out of camo duct tape. :-) But the views were pretty amazing too.
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Next up was Enoch http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=abd2ea1a-fd37-4c05-ac7b-32305e313b30 a covered bridge cache! YAY!
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Next was the County Line Cache - http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=118d8496-b64d-4252-b1ab-5d0582f7b879 a quick cache and dash!And then on to http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3f961e64-5999-4cdc-9fa4-b278d4279e68 Before heading home to get some farm work done.
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Hopefully tomorrow will be another day of caching, if the rain is not too bad. :-)
PA All counties Challenge
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7b69eb1b-c1de-47a4-9680-5b6aa04180f6
A Mystery Cache - to receive the coordinates you must first find, and log, a cache in each of the 67 counties in Pa. They cannot be the same caches you use for the Delorme Challenge.
A Mystery Cache - to receive the coordinates you must first find, and log, a cache in each of the 67 counties in Pa. They cannot be the same caches you use for the Delorme Challenge.
The PA Delorme Challenge
We've been caching for 10 months now, and just finally learned about the Delorme Challenge. I saw it mentioned before, but didn't have a clue what it was about.
Here is the Pa Delorme Challenge Listing:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=26927f9e-17b1-4533-ad36-ccf0918def68
Here is our bookmarked progress - pitiful as it now is. :-)
http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=59fd8c79-f597-4d8e-8ccd-17c5a87c4551
What it is - in a nutshell - is a challenge to find one cache in every grid of the Delorme Map of Pa. Once accomplished, you are given the coordinates to the Pa Delorme Mystery Cache.
Here is the Pa Delorme Challenge Listing:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=26927f9e-17b1-4533-ad36-ccf0918def68
Here is our bookmarked progress - pitiful as it now is. :-)
http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=59fd8c79-f597-4d8e-8ccd-17c5a87c4551
What it is - in a nutshell - is a challenge to find one cache in every grid of the Delorme Map of Pa. Once accomplished, you are given the coordinates to the Pa Delorme Mystery Cache.
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