WELCOME "Windrider" and the other new folks! Hand-dyed scarves would be ultra-cool cache loot! As far as your other questions, several others have probably already offered a bunch of suggestions (I'm trying to wade thru about 200 emails from the past 2 days! geez!) so I will stop here and just say hello... Trisha aka "Lightning" Yavapai Co. Jeep Posse Searchers Prescott (also sometimes known unofficially as "Team Storm Cell" when I cache with my fiance "VStar" and/or daughters "Glow-Gurl" (14) and "Thunderbolt" (11) "Joanna Strohn" wrote: > > Many thanks for the warm welcome. With the thunderboomers hovering > over the > park that was going to be my first exploration, I think I'll have to > put off > my first search effort. > > I've been doing some looking around on the web, but there really isn't > that > much there for the completely clueless newbie. For example, what kind > of > goodies does one leave? I make hand-dyed scarves, for example. Would > these > be a good goodie? > > I haven't found anyplace that has photos of caches. I read about > Tupperware, > but I have no clue how they may be hidden. Or not hidden. Do I have to > climb > trees? Wade swamps? Do a dance and chant? Turn my dogs into retrievers? > > I got my GPS at Wal-Mart. I know they don't have any PC cables there (I > looked). Any other place in Tucson that might have cables? Or does one > have > to order online for anything other than the basic units? What about > paper > maps? And what about mapping software? When I need a map I go to one > of the > online sites so I don't have anything that is new. Recommendations? > > -- Joanna, Clueless in Tucson, aka WingRider > > _______________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list > listserv@azgeocaching.com > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~