Garmin Colorado Usability Tips

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 [...]