Mar 16/2010
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Geocache Activity 607 |
FIND 551 |
IDENTIFICATION
Difficulty 1; Terrain 1; size micro Creator: WD65 Date First Hidden: 2/14/2010 Date Last Found: 3/14/2010 Description Lots to see including a little church and a crow`s nest in a fake tree. Watch for muggles, log and pencil only in the cache. Container has been somewhat modified and no longer contains a pencil. BYOP. Hint Comments
PLANNING
I was eager to begin today's activities. Yesterday I learned how to use geocaching.com's "Create Pocket Query" to obtain all the caches along a route (in this case Highway 3 between Pincher Creek and Sparwood). This gave me a total of 49 caches to search. This was a .loc file. (The geocaching.com website says that I should be able to obtain this as a .gpx file but I have not been able to figure out how to do this yet.) I then had to convert this to a .gpx file using a program called GPSBabel. I then used a program called Garmin Road Trip to see these caches located on a map on my Mac. This is the same map that my Garmin nuvi uses for its display. This gave me a clear picture of the location of each cache along the highway before I set out. I then downloaded these caches as a .gpx file to a file folder on the Mac desktop and I dragged this folder to the Garmin nuvi (in the folder called GPX) which was hooked up to the Mac. This may seem like a lot of work, and it is, but it is still much better than having to load each of the 49 web sites individually into the nuvi.
I took along my BT-335 data logger, my Garmin nuvi, my camera and my iPhone. I did not make any notes as I assumed I would be able to use my iPhone to obtain the cache descriptions and details. I also did not make any notes about the sequence of searching as I assumed the nuvi would always indicate which cache was the next nearest and that would work satisfactorily as I was basically following a linear route.
OUTCOME
This was my 9th search of the day. This was a neat hide. Fortunately for me I had seen one of these before and thus found it quickly. Here is my posting to the geocaching.com website:
Great hide. Once you find one of these you never forget it. SL. TFTC..
Here are a few photos:
rebar cache
logbookI am now 6/9 for today. The battery in my iPhone is almost dead. My caching is almost over for today.
