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| Garmin Colorado and Paperless Caching |
I've been Paperless Caching for several years, constantly evolving and refining my processes as new tools are introduced.
Well, the new Garmin Colorado400t has turned my entire caching approach on its ear. This unit caries geocache "data" (description, hints, recent logs, etc), and with the latest firmware upgrade, allows logging of finds (and DNFs, Needs Maintenance) in the field.
Read below the cut to learn how I started with an idea, and through participation in a helpful online community, have been able to produce a utility that I think will be of great value to owners of this unit.
Posted by: Billy on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 12:20 AM
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| What Happened?!? |
Or: How Love and Life got in the way of updating my website
So - it's been almost two years now since I met Daphne. We hit it right off, and our relationship developed pretty rapidly. Over the past two years...
We traveled - a LOT: To Sedona, Altanta, North Carolina, Oregon, Indiana, Amsterdam, Spain... and probably even more places that I'm forgetting. It's been a whirlwind - and I had intended to write articles about each adventure - but I was always too busy recovering from one excursion, or planning for the next.
We also had QUITE the adventure in the middle of the Nevada desert, at Black Rock City for Burning Man 2006. You'll find photos in the image gallery - what an experience! Unfortunately, we had too much going on during the fall of 2007, so had to sell our tickets - but we've already received our 2008 tickets, so... BRC, here we come!
Finally, a year after we met - Daphne and I got engaged! Of course, being the caching geek that I am - I chose a slightly unique way to propose.
I've got a few other posts I want to make - but mostly, wanted to get this "two year catch-up" down on paper, so I can try to get back to some sort of regular posting.
Posted by: Billy on Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 12:20 AM
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| Four Thousand Finds... and climbing. |
A pretty good caching year, and as I approached this milestone, I picked out a particular cache as my target for find #4000. That cache was Firestone, which happens to be the oldest active cache in the San Francisco Bay Area. Placed on 10/2/2000, this venerable old cache has stood the test of time.
Read on to hear a little about the adventure that was 4K.
Posted by: Billy on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 12:20 AM
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| Take Off (to the Great White North), You Hoser! |
OR: Grab your tuques, we're going to Canadia, eh?
In mid-December 2005, good friend and colleague Kurt invited me up to Whistler, for a week of riding and a slope-side time share that his dad has had for years.
It was great to meet Will, and the rest of the crew north of the border. Even a chance to meet some of his old school buddies - I would say a Good Time [tm] was had by ALL.
Thanks for the invite, Kurt!
Posted by: Billy on Monday, December 19, 2005 - 12:20 AM
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| One Good Turn Deserves Another |
Or: Finally, some SNOW!
At long last, we received our first winter storms this past week, which finally enabled Tahoe resorts to open. Squaw Valley reported 2' of snow on the upper mountain, and announced opening day of Saturday, December 3rd.
After a grueling week at work, I was really looking forward to getting back on the slopes. Drove up late Friday night after work in Lee's fancy new Audi All-Road Quattro - what a luxury ride!
The next morning it was off to Special Tickets to pick up my (10th consecutive) season pass - which is always fun. Immediately I started seeing old friends, and making new ones while waiting to get our pass photos taken - the ritual that begins each season. Then on to the locker room, where the excitement continued to build: Remembering my combination, opening the locker and finding that YES, all the gear I expected to be here actually was - and continuing to run into more friends and acquaintances.
Not long after, it was actually time to get out there and make those first turns. I'll save the rambling about conditions, available terrain, and how I rode for the extended text, for those who care to click through and read it. I will leave this parting shot though - demonstrating that by the end of the first day, I was feeling daring enough to try my hand in the terrain park:
Okay, so it's pretty tame, as far as terrain park features go - but I was pretty happy to hit this pair of sliders on my very first day back on the slopes. Read on for more details . . .
Posted by: Billy on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 12:20 AM
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| Finally, some riding! |
Well, it may have taken until October... but I finally managed to get out on the boat a few times and do some riding. It's funny to think that I did more riding in October than any of the summer months - but it's true. A bit of an indian summer hung around, a the crew put in several nice days of riding during the month. I've been spreading my sets equally between the wakeboard and the skate - they both appeal to me in different ways. Here I'm actually starting to get a little air on the skate - still far from making it wake2wake, but hey: it's a start!
Most of all, it was just great to be out on the boat with the crew, enjoying the sun, the water, and taking a few pulls. Next summer seems so far away - especially since it hasn't started snowing yet!
Posted by: Billy on Monday, October 24, 2005 - 12:20 AM
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| Dingo's Nose Knows... |
... a little pain and suffering!
Rexy and I went out for a hike after a new cache placed in our honor in Briones one night, and right at the trailhead, Dingo had a sneezing fit the likes of which I'd never seen. It went on for almost a minute, and by the time he was done, he was covered in snot and dirt up and down his legs and all over his face.
As we marched on, Dingo would stop from time to time for another sneezing fit - some not as long as the first, but each just as violent, shaking his entire body from nose to tail stub. We couldn't decide if something had bit him, or he snorfed something up his nose, or... ? Either way, being the irresponsible dad I am, I hoped that everything would magically just work out.
To make a long story short - here's what the vet eventually pulled out of his nose! Read on for all the gory details...
Posted by: Billy on Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 12:20 AM
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| Autumnal Equinox |
Where did Summer go? It got off to a slow start with a weird spring, late rains, and I never DID get much wakeboarding in. I've spent most of my time since mid-summer doing a lot of geocaching, when I'm not working . . . and time has just flown by.
So Fall is officially here: time to stop shaving, and start thinking about the SNOW! I think there may still be a few more days out on the water, before we're done for the season - but I'm definitely shifting mental gears and looking forward to getting back to my home away from home in the mountains!
Posted by: Billy on Friday, September 23, 2005 - 12:20 AM
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Past Articles- Friday, May 20
- Lake Cushing CROSSING (10)
- Saturday, April 30
- Break Stuff (12)
- Monday, March 28
- Second Anniversary (18)
- Sunday, March 20
- Got Spring? (10)
- Saturday, February 26
- Bay Area Backroads Goes Geocaching (9)
- Monday, February 21
- Adding Insult to Injury… to Insult to Injury! (8)
- Friday, February 04
- Concurrent Milestones (5)
- Monday, January 31
- Even Odds (5)
- Thursday, January 20
- eCaching (5)
- Monday, January 10
- Buried Alive! (5)
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