somebody clue me in on this

[skippy102162]

Ok, call me ignorant, stupid, out of touch, a ditz, whatever...but what is geocamping? ??   I am relatively new to the pop up community having only had our PUP a year.  I keep seeing things about this, but I haven't a clue what it's all about. :confused:

[popupcop]

Take a look at www.geocaching.com for some information on geocaching. That is the premier website for geocaching information. One uses an inexpensive (>$200) GPS receiver to look for "hidden treasure" in parks and lots of other places. It is fun and makes a good family hiking activity. Enter your zipcode to find the caches near your home or where you plan to camp...

[skippy102162]

After I posted this last night, I did do some looking as you suggested.  Looks like a lot of fun!  (I may be sorry I asked!)  Anybody have suggestions for the GPS?

[flyfisherman]

After I posted this last night, I did do some looking as you suggested.  Looks like a lot of fun!  (I may be sorry I asked!)  Anybody have suggestions for the GPS?

If you have the spring 2005 cataloge for Cabelas (pgs. 81 to 85), they an assortment, with descriptions, running from $99.00 to $699.00 depending on how technical you want to get. Might give you some ideas in your searching. These gadgets are a lot like popup campers, after you have one, then you see clearly which feature you should have gotten in the first place!

Probably the best you could do is get to a store that handles them so you can "fondle" them, and hopefully there will be someone there who can explain them in detail. I've found opionions will vary and, of course, how much do you want to spend really gets to the bottom line kinda fast.


Fly

[aw738]

I have a Magellan. The model is a Meridian Gold. It has several features some I may never use. I got it from Amazon.com for $199 and free shipping. I also have a navigation application and usb receiver for my laptop it is an Earthmate GPS from DeLorme.

[Surfcal]

The standard GPS unit most cachers use is the eTrex Legend by Garmin.  It retails for about $170 at most outdoors stores including REI.  It has a lot of minimum functions that you can use for Geocaching and geocamping.

[griffsdad]

Is the Garmin GPSMap 60C a good unit for somone new to geocaching? It sells for $369 at Costco with a $50 rebate offer which ends this month. Thanks.

[Dee4j]

I recently bought the garmin eTrex legend C it seems to do alot of stuff...if I could ever figure out the darn thing :banghead:

[Surfcal]

Is the Garmin GPSMap 60C a good unit for somone new to geocaching? It sells for $369 at Costco with a $50 rebate offer which ends this month. Thanks.

Dave,
 
 That is a great unit.  The Legend that I have is just a monochrome screen.  The one you're looking at is in color, an enviable unit that will have uses far beyond just Geocaching.  So, the short answer is of course it's good 'nuf and more.
 
 Surfcal

[griffsdad]

Thanks Ray for the info. I'll tell Lori. Are we going to see you at Pismo? The rally needs your presence and hijinks. Dave

[Dee4j]

Thanks Ray for the info. I'll tell Lori. Are we going to see you at Pismo? The rally needs your presence and hijinks. Dave

ya he better...I've got a payback waitin' for him :J

you are coming and bringing your Karaoke macine??

[Surfcal]

• Thanks Ray for the info. I'll tell Lori. Are we going to see you at Pismo? The rally needs your presence and hijinks. Dave

Dave,
 
 Rallies are like Denny's, you never really set out to go to one, but you always end up in one.
 
 Ray

[griffsmom]

Hey Surf...now you've gone and done it.  Dave's out buying the Garmin Map60CS as we speak.  We'll be camping in San Clemente this weekend and looking for our first cache.  We'll be taking Griff along too.  I told him it's a treasure hunt, and so he thinks that makes him a pirate and keeps saying "Arrrgh!"  :J

 
I've also just logged my first post at geocaching.com (after signing up more than a year ago.)  I'm griffsmom there too.
 
I'm afraid this is how it starts....?:yikes:

[Surfcal]

There's quite a few of us who are active in geocaching up here at Nick-Neff=Cough. If you go to the geocaching site, search for usernames Surfcal, Ca-geogirl and Cachenick. When we all go together, we're Team Nick-Neff-Cough.  And closer to you, GSM and G-Whiz are into it too.  SimiRich is addicted.
   
 It's a lot of fun and it certainly gets you outdoors. You can certainly do worse in terms of hobbies. In fact, we've adapted the game at the last rally and had a scavenger hunt/geocaching combo for all the kids. They had a ball.
   
   I'll go check out your log.  Have fun and next time, we'll have to go Geocaching at that secret island.
   
   Surfcal
 
  P.S.  I just checked and it couldn't find you.

[griffsmom]

I'll go check out your log. Have fun and next time, we'll have to go Geocaching at that secret island.

You know I was searching for our island not so long ago, and it seems that you can't get there from here anymore.  Or maybe it was just archived? :confused:  
 
 

P.S. I just checked and it couldn't find you.

Here I am: http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=59735&st=650&#entry1397997 I'm the last post there as of the writing of this post here.