TweetI’ve had my Garmin Colorado for almost a year now. I’m finally getting the hang of the scroll wheel. I’ve done a few trips on some power trails lately followed by writing online logs for the wrong cache. My memory isn’t what it used to be so I’m making a concerted effort to enter something [...]
An Expensive Ladder
TweetI attended a Golden Horseshoe Monthly Geocaching Club event today. It was held in Stratford which is the home town for my geocaching pals 2 Land Rovers. It wasn’t until dinner that Maryanne showed us pictures of how she retrieved a cache that was placed in a tree. The cache description called for climbing [...]
Mosquito Repellent Patches – Do they Work?
TweetMosquitoes love me, they really do. I can’t go out for more than 15 minutes without getting bitten at least once. Well that was before the Don’t Bite Me mosquito repellent patch. A few months ago I saw a commercial for mosquito repellent patches. I couldn’t believe something so simple could work so well. I’ve [...]
Pictures, Poison Ivy & Stinging Nettles
TweetI have collected some pictures on Flickr for Poison Ivy and Stinging Nettles. I will create a post in the future with tips on how to deal with stings from both. Hint: Keep an eye out for Jewelweed. Stinging Nettle Pictures Poison Ivy Pictures Do you have pictures of either of these plants posted on [...]
Send Google Map Locations to Your GPS
TweetWell here is a little feature I just learned about today. Google has made it so that you can send a location that you find on a map directly to your GPSr. It’s a two step process. I think I’ll be using this in the future. Here’s a video from Garmin that explains how it [...]


