Welcome WingRider! I guarantee that you are going to be
hooked after finding a couple of your first geocaches.
I
bought my first GPS 2 months ago when I was forwarded the geocaching
website. It looked like a lot of fun, and I thought I would give it
a try. I went out and bought a GPS and went and found my first
geocache. When I first started I couldn't enter any waypoints into my
original GPS (eTrek) without the computer cable connection. I bought
the connection and once I had the waypoints in, geocaching turned into a whole
new ballgame! It was even better than before!
Within 1 month of buying my original GPS, I returned it and upgraded to a more
advanced model (eMap). Needless to say I'm
hooked. It has been about 2 months for me now, and I have
found over 120 caches throughout the state as well as several in
California. I wish you the best of luck, and highly recommend
inputting waypoints in your GPS or getting the cable to to do so from your
computer if you can't do it manually.
Again,
welcome to the community.
-Frobro Goose
The other night
there was a quick news item on Tucson TV about "geocaching". I didn't really
catch what the story was about but I was online and checked out the GeoCaching
site. Inputted my zip code and a couple caches came up, and I'm pretty sure I
know where a couple are as they're about a mile away from my
home.
Bought a GPS
yesterday. Used the excuse I can always give it to my son. Trying to
learn to use it! Will go cache hunting later today or over the weekend.
Looks like I
joined in the middle of a controversy. Is there an online link to that
Republic story?
-- Joanna,
Clueless in Tucson, aka WingRider, not team anything since I don't know anyone
(yet)