We had a lot of practice with the demons here in the Tucson area, and we went mostly non-stop over the weekend. We did run into a few new hide techniques that stumped us, especially east of Yuma. We found a lot of hides that seemed about a full point higher in difficulty than they would be if they were in Tucson. We saw a similar thing, though not quite as pronounced, when we were in Safford--they were ranked maybe 1/2 point more difficult than in Tucson for the same kind of hide. The Tucson community has a lot of evil in them (I say that lovingly). Can't compare to Phoenix--we still haven't cached up there. We are using a Garmin GPSmap 60 with nRoute and Clayjar GPSWatcher on the laptop. Can't compare our GPSr to much else, ours seems a bit more stable than some of the Etrex units our friends have. We do seem to be wearing out either our cable or USB port with a lot of connect/disconnect cycles--not sure the cure for that. Brad, T9L JeepenJumpers@aol.com wrote: Very impressed with your caching ability! You really knocked out some good ones on your trip in the Yuma area for such a short time. Very well done!! Was that a Garmin 60CSX you were using?? Robert In a message dated 11/28/2006 11:36:09 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, teamninelives@yahoo.com writes: Actually I have to agree with that now. We just got back from a weekend caching trip to Yuma and the Salton Sea region, and we were happily surprised at the caching environment there--we also got stumped by a few different kinds of hides. If you have an ATV you can get to a bunch more GC's. . . . That kind of ties into the whole copper sticker thing--have to agree fully with Nosdoo Tsoh on that issue. If you see what has been done to the Imperial Dunes you start thinking maybe we just have some zones we give up on ever restoring. :-( But yes, spend some time getting those caches at negative altitude! Brad Team Nine Lives ____________________________________________________________ Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching Arizona's Geocaching Resource http://www.azgeocaching.com --------------------------------- Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.