Clark, welcome to the adventure of geocaching. Since I'm from Tucson can't help you much on the caches around Mesa, but I'm sure someone will be along shortly who can.
As for the mapping software, I have the National Geographic Arizona CDs and really like them. You may want to go to
www.geocaching.com and checking out their discussion forums on mapping software. There are several map topics to review and you will certainly get a good idea or two.
Gregg (GO of MO & GO)
Clark Sann <
csann@earthlink.net> wrote:Hello all!
My wife and I just discovered geocaching. Can someone suggest a good
cache for a newby? Something not too far out of Mesa maybe with some
4-wheeling and hiking!
I'm also going to purchase topo maps on CD. I'm considering both
MapTech Terrain Navigator and Natl Geographic Topo. Which of these are
better?
Clark
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