Anybody want to talk about geocaching???

[Fins_Up]

I have not been caching since Karen's event on 1/30. Things have been busy but I am hoping to get out this Saturday. Any really good winter caches out there? I don't care much for going on the ice so those kind are out for me but I do like a nice long hike or snowshoe.

[Ekidokai]

I know there are a few that can be only reached in winter and one is new.

[Fins_Up]

I know that Karen just put a new one out very nearby. I have plans to get to it this week.

[team barbieri]

We are hoping to get out on the snowmobiles and get some caches out on the trails. Im working this weekend but hoping to sneak out for a while on sunday.

[NativeMainer]

Uggg... I've been busy working and clearing the <explicative deleted> snow off my driveway. I've looked over my past history and I noticed that since I started caching in '03, I've only found 1 cache in the month of February. Time to change that.

[dufzor]

Uggg... I've been busy working and clearing the <explicative deleted> snow off my driveway. I've looked over my past history and I noticed that since I started caching in '03, I've only found 1 cache in the month of February. Time to change that.

This is my first Feb caching. So far, I have 2 DNFs for Feb. One I learned after the fact was not winter friendly and one that was but was according to attibutes, but after the drive out I learnd was totally burried by snow plows. I am going to follow your lead on Monday, Native Mainer, and get on the snow shoes and do some caching! Only need 4 to get to my next milestone! Cache on!

[pm28570]

This has been my longest stretch without caching, starting last fall. From October thru Thanksgiving saw a lot of business travel and then busy with holidays. Not being one who likes winter.....despite being born and raised in the sticks of Maine.....it's been hard to get excited about caching. I do need to get on the ball, but the darn ball is frozen in! Next week will find me traveling to Moscow, Russia for business. Having checked some addresses on GC.com, there are some easy caches near the hotel. However, when I received my entry visa, it arrived with some travel guidelines one of which states you cannot enter with a GPS device .
COME ON SPRING!

[Mainiac1957]

This has been my longest stretch without caching, starting last fall. From October thru Thanksgiving saw a lot of business travel and then busy with holidays. Not being one who likes winter.....despite being born and raised in the sticks of Maine.....it's been hard to get excited about caching. I do need to get on the ball, but the darn ball is frozen in! Next week will find me traveling to Moscow, Russia for business. Having checked some addresses on GC.com, there are some easy caches near the hotel. However, when I received my entry visa, it arrived with some travel guidelines one of which states you cannot enter with a GPS device .
COME ON SPRING!

If you have your i-phone or android then you already have a cache capable GPS. That is one way to get a cache.

[attroll]

If you have your i-phone or android then you already have a cache capable GPS. That is one way to get a cache.

How accurate is the android at finding a cache, has anyone tried it on there android?

[pm28570]

How accurate is the android at finding a cache, has anyone tried it on there android?

I've tried c:geo right after I got the phone. And granted while I may not have given it a fair shake, I just didn't care for it. It seemed to jump around a lot, was inaccurate....I plain didn't like it. That said there are others who have started geocaching with the smartphone and are having fun. Would I pay for the app? Probably not when I already have/enjoy/use my Garmin. And knowing what I know about caching, I would recommend to a new cacher to invest in a GPSr. However, smart phone caching is great for paperless caching which I readily agree with. One pet peeve.....caches placed by new cachers using smart phone technology.....they don't seem to have a good track record of accurate coords. But then there are some that do.

As I've mentioned in the past, I continue to cache using my topo map and compass . Numbers build slowly, but it's a lot of fun.

Hope others post results as there are far more people that are more knowledgeable than I on this subject.