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Geocky 101, New cacher training, old cacher BBQ Event Cache

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Bud: Thanks to all who attended. See you at the next event!

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Hidden : Sunday, October 2, 2005
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October 2, 2:00pm

An event to get all of GEOCKY together again, and have some of the veterans show some of the newbies the tricks of the trade. Caching/visiting begin about 2:00, eats about 5:00.


In the last several months we've had a number of new cachers in the Lexington area. Let's meet all of the new folks, hide some caches here and introduce the folks who have hidden all of these boxes in the woods and on the street corners.

We'll hide a number of different caches on the property here, and have a laptop available for anyone who needs instruction on uploading waypoints and using GSAK. Be sure to RSVP which type of GPSr you'll be bringing if you need additional instruction.

Coordinates are for parking next to our house. Park and come north up the back fenceline until you get to the open gate, about 120 feet. We'll have some meat for grilling, and some beverages, adult and otherwise. As of right now, we'll have some chicken and BBQ sauce to grill, with more to be planned. If you plan on bringing anything else, please include that in your RSVP.

More info as it develops.

Geocky.org!
POST PARTY ADDENDUM:

What a great turnout! Thanks to all who showed up, and for the great food (Who brought the crystallized giner? That stuff is awesoome!). Thanks as always to our old-time Geocky members in attendance: sun-moon-starz and koneko, who helped organize this from the get-go, Maxine&Me, who helped with the new cacher instruction, and Pwyll, Starshine and Rhianna, who brought a well camoflaged ammo box as a door prize. Glad to see cachers from as far as Ashland make it here, as well!

For those who had the opportunity to get some of the computer instruction, here are a few links to the software that we discussed:

The Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (GSAK) for managing waypoints and uploading to your GPSr, and SO much more!
EasyGPS, a simpler program for uploading to your GPSr. A good place for most people to start.
CacheMate, for putting cache descriptions in your PalmPilot

Also, some people had asked about getting data cables to upload coordinates to their GPSr. I know that Garmin will sell you the cable as an aftermarket item, $38.00 for the eTrex. I've had great use from one the I bought through eBay seller GPSGeek for $6.79 + shipping. (I'm in no way affiliated with GPSGeek.)

Thanks again to all who made this a good event, and I look forward to seeing you online on Geocky.org (please do sign on if you haven't) and at future caches and events!

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