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 [...]

Posting Geocaching Pictures to Flickr

TweetChances are you post pictures to flickr because you want other people to see them.   In some cases you only want friends or family to see them, in other cases you want to reach a larger audience.  Here are five things you should be doing to maximize or minimize the number of people that [...]