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12-08-2008, 07:53 PM
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Miss Rivette
1965 17' Caravel
Hell
, Michigan
Join Date: Apr 2007
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YOU TOOK MY IDEA!! Well, im still going to make one!
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12-08-2008, 07:56 PM
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Site Team
2002 25' Safari
Dewey
, Arizona
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 15,616
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I added my WBCCI number to the trailer to make it unique. Hopefully it will make it to Jackson Center, OH.
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Wally Byam Airstream Club 7513
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12-08-2008, 07:58 PM
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Miss Rivette
1965 17' Caravel
Hell
, Michigan
Join Date: Apr 2007
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That would be cool! I hope it makes it out here so I can get it!
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01-08-2011, 05:09 PM
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Site Team
2002 25' Safari
Dewey
, Arizona
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 15,616
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It's been a couple of years and my travel bug was MIA for a few months, but it was spotted today. It has moved 2,337 miles from it's last location in Southern California and is now located in Pottsgrove, PA.
It has overshot it's intended destination of Jackson Center, but it is within 450 miles of it's target.
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Wally Byam Airstream Club 7513
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05-01-2012, 08:16 PM
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Rivet Master
2017 30' Flying Cloud
2008 23' International
Keremeos
, British Columbia
Join Date: Jul 2008
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I just signed up for a geocaching account. I think it will be a good camping and dog-walking activity.
Lisa
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2017 30' FC | 2002 Chinook Destiny | 2008 23' Int. CCD (written off: hail!)
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05-01-2012, 08:28 PM
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Rivet Master
1959 26' Overlander
Powder Springs
, Georgia
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 671
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Thanks for reviving this thread!
We started caching in October. We're addicted.
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05-01-2012, 09:10 PM
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Rivet Master
2012 25' FB Flying Cloud
Gig Harbor
, Washington
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 780
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They do travel around. My kid had one go from Gig Harbor WA to Macon Georgia.
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Hope is not a plan.
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05-02-2012, 08:30 PM
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Rivet Master
2017 30' Flying Cloud
2008 23' International
Keremeos
, British Columbia
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 845
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GPS advice
I have an iPad 2 with 3G, so I might use that. However, a handheld GPS would be easier to manage. The eXplorist GC is made exclusively for geocaching. Is that too limiting? Should I look for a more general purpose GPS? I can get the eXplorist 310 here at Cabela's. There is only a $30 difference between the two, but I'll have to get the GC online. I like the shape of the eXplorist series devices.
Lisa
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2017 30' FC | 2002 Chinook Destiny | 2008 23' Int. CCD (written off: hail!)
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05-02-2012, 08:48 PM
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Rivet Master
1959 26' Overlander
Powder Springs
, Georgia
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 671
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Have a smartphone? We geocache with our smartphones... haven't tried the iPad for geocaching.
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05-02-2012, 09:31 PM
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Rivet Master
1959 17' Pacer
Long Beach
, California
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 920
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I love geocaching!!! Unfortunately, urban caching is difficult. The ones around my house always seem to be at playgrounds and near schools, and I always feel like a creep (20's white male wandering through bushes by himself near playgrounds).
I try to do as many as I can on backpacking/camping trips. I have found that pulling up the geocaching map of a destination is a good way to find out-of-the-ordinary hiking destinations that you wouldn't have otherwise known about. I've found some amazing hidden cabins in the forest and half-buried cars in the desert that way.
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05-03-2012, 07:20 PM
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Rivet Master
2017 30' Flying Cloud
2008 23' International
Keremeos
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Someday'59
Have a smartphone? We geocache with our smartphones... haven't tried the iPad for geocaching.
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No. No smartphone, so I want to look at getting a GPS. I have seen YouTube videos of people using iPads, but the online reviews of the apps aren't great. It's worth a try, though. Cheaper than a GPS.
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Originally Posted by worldinchaos
I love geocaching!!! Unfortunately, urban caching is difficult. The ones around my house always seem to be at playgrounds and near schools, and I always feel like a creep (20's white male wandering through bushes by himself near playgrounds).
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That's what I was wondering too! The ones in my neighbourhood are all at schools or parks. I guess I can pretend I'm picking up my dog's "packages"!
Lisa
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2017 30' FC | 2002 Chinook Destiny | 2008 23' Int. CCD (written off: hail!)
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05-03-2012, 08:55 PM
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Rivet Master
1959 26' Overlander
Powder Springs
, Georgia
Join Date: Jan 2010
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About the iPad App, I think the main problem with it is that it's small. (Still designed for a smartphone... and not scaled for the iPad yet.) You should try it before plunking down all that cash for a GPS.
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06-16-2012, 09:58 PM
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Rivet Master
2017 30' Flying Cloud
2008 23' International
Keremeos
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 845
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I put the free iPhone app on my iPad and it worked. I can increase the size so that it almost fills the iPad screen; however, it stays only in the "portrait" orientation, and won't flip to the "landscape" position on my screen. The accuracy seems ok. The one trouble is that it's hard to look inconspicuous when you are carrying such a large device. I'm also afraid of dropping it. Pretty fun to try, though!
Lisa
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