Some Free Advice From King Boreas |
If you take a minute or so before you head out to look at the map you have of the area you will be exploring, you will often find a barrier in one direction (N,S,E,W...this assumes you have a GPS unit or compass) that extends for miles (making it difficult to miss. This barrier could be a road, a stream, railroad tracks, a power line, or something similar. Fix the direction of your "escape route" in your head, and also think about whether you will turn left or right once you reach the "escape route". A couple of minutes spent on this before you go out in the woods can save you a miserable time once you get lost. Wait a second...can't I find the "escape route" by using my map once I am lost, you ask? Don't plan on your brain working at peak efficiency when you realize you are lost, take the time ahead of time, I answer. Statistics show that people who take these kinds of precautions are not the same people who generally wind up getting lost in the first place. Another freebie gained through forehead-slapping experience...start you GPS unit when you park your car, and set the parking spot as a waypoint...that way, if you get lost or just decide to quit for the day, you can easily find your way back to your ride home. |
My best advice for geocaching....
...its like crack....better think twice before you start.....you won't be able to quit
Yeah thanks for telling me that now.
I love crack, where can I get me one of them there GPS thinga majigs?
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oooh geocaching advice...darn ;)
oooh geocaching advice...darn ;)
The other one is invitational, only after the initiation.
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Thought the same thing. Had to re-read it. huh
HELP!
How do I know what caches in another state are close to where I'm going to be? Use ZIP code?
Ian, any EASY finds (nite or day) 35 southbound into IA?
Thank you all! :D
iUse ZIP code? yep
Thanks, Kitch! :D
Ian/Kitch/Kogren/McLucky, you know enkneebuddy in way, way northern IA I could/should contact for geocaching? I've e-mailed some IA forum guy to help me find some easy (figuring AND walking) caches. But if you have any fiends down there I should contact, let me know, would you? THANKS!
How do I go about getting the coords at like MapQuest for a specific address?
Or, Kogren, if I'd e-gram you the address, could you get me the coords???Â
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sorry green ...i'm no help on this one....
Thanks!
only cache I've done in iowa (IA right?) is the one near the southern border on I35, it's at a rest stop/visitor center. Was pretty easy, but I'm bettin not the area you're lookin at.
Funny to see a 'Welcome Station' in the middle of the state.... They must be really lonely there...
Funny to see a 'Welcome Station' in the middle of the state
Yeah, WTF is up with that?
We were in Bettendorf/Davenport, two of the Quad Cities, on the IA border with IL. We took I-74 West (really north) to I-80 West for several miles, then took US 218 North. After several more miles we passed an "Official" IA Welcoming Station.
HEH
All I really know about Iowa is it's hard to find a restauraunt, oh, and if you like your sense of taste at all, don't go to one called "Top Steakhouse"
Icesis2 just called me from DeMoine IA. She says the people are crazy drivers there. Tailing each other driving 80mph! I guess they are on their way to Nashville. haha, if you knew her, she IS NOT IN TO country music. she is appeasing her daughter and our mom. At least I just get to hear that mom is taking pictures of birdnests in trees near gas stations and don't have to be there to see it-hahahahaha -damn, do I have to love her? -guess I can look at it as a quirk to love.
Oh, the advice in that is probly -love the quirks
[Edited by on Mar 14, 2005 at 10:19am.]