Geocaching and my first full day kilted

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 14th May 07, 04:13 AM

Here's where you can get that trillium kilt pin:
http://www.stuartnye.com/page10.htm

(I have a dogwood kilt pin on my Carolina kilt -- it's our state flower).

Matt

**Freelander Sporrano** · 14th May 07, 04:36 AM

Nice looking kilt. Steve and the girls have done you proud... It's been a year since I last cached .Great hobby too

**David Dalglish** · 14th May 07, 04:39 AM

Congratulations on sucessful days kilting--Nice family

**cessna152towser** · 14th May 07, 04:49 AM

Looks like a fun day out; great exercise in lovely scenery; and the camo kilt really looks the part for that type of activity.

**Streetcar** · 14th May 07, 11:10 AM

Looks good!
I've been geocaching a few times myself. Kilted is certainly the way to do it!

**gangreenfootball** · 14th May 07, 04:26 PM

great pictures and what a good looking bunch

**Pour1Malt** · 15th May 07, 03:29 AM

guid oan ya a'!

slainte

**beowulf67** · 15th May 07, 05:15 AM

A great way to spend time with the family.

I had never heard of geocaching before and looked it up. Very interesting. I checked their website and found over 100 caches within 50 miles of my house. Some only 3 or 4 miles away. I might have to break down and get a GPS now, I've been looking for a good excuse.

**ccga3359** · 15th May 07, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by beowulf67

A great way to spend time with the family.

I had never heard of geocaching before and looked it up. Very interesting. I checked their website and found over 100 caches within 50 miles of my house. Some only 3 or 4 miles away. I might have to break down and get a GPS now, I've been looking for a good excuse.

Just realize that you don't need all the bells and whistles when buying a gps. The pre-installed basemap will still show you where your destination is just like the $100 topographical software they expect you to buy. It just doesn't show all the roads, rivers and the like. One thing I would recommend is a rechargable lithium battery as a gps can eat regular batteries. Garmin and Magellan are two good makes. For info and deals on gps equipment search here(keep in mind this is a Canadian site, you'll probably find better deals in the US and no duty). And please, please, please do it kilted. It's the only way to go!

**beowulf67** · 16th May 07, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by ccga3359

Just realize that you don't need all the bells and whistles when buying a gps. The pre-installed basemap will still show you where your destination is just like the $100 topographical software they expect you to buy. It just doesn't show all the roads, rivers and the like. One thing I would recommend is a rechargable lithium battery as a gps can eat regular batteries. Garmin and Magellan are two good makes. For info and deals on gps equipment search here(keep in mind this is a Canadian site, you'll probably find better deals in the US and no duty). And please, please, please do it kilted. It's the only way to go!

Thanks for the info.
A friend at work has a Garmin, not sure what model, but it seemed pretty cool. It has all the bells and whistles. Does the basemap include local roads or just the main highways?