gps units...the best el cheapo

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On Apr 4, 8:28 am, "asadi" wrote:
I'm gonna start looking up things about them..

I'm looking mainly to find my way back where I started, and keep track of
where I find mushrooms...

john

Just about any GPS unit will work fine. Mine is 7+ years old
now and I haven't found any reason to buy a new one.

What type of 'shrooms? I went out for morels on Sunday, but
it looks like I was about a week too early.
- Ken


Yeah, this is going to be my third season hunting morels, I'm getting a
little better at it and have really taken a liking to it. There's one forest
that I absolutely get turned around in every time...no real possibility of
getting lost but I have walked a couple of miles to my van, only to find I
walked the wrong way on the road! (laughs).

Things were looking excellent in mid southern Ohio until this week...got
particles of snow in the air now. It looks like the end of next week could
be it. What fun to hike all day and cook morels around the fire at night...

You ever run across any thing besides morels?...

john..... I will survive!

http://www.morelmushroomhunting.com/...htings_map.htm

http://www.morelmushroomhunting.com/...htings_map.htm

On Apr 4, 2:35 pm, "asadi" wrote:
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On Apr 4, 8:28 am, "asadi" wrote:
I'm gonna start looking up things about them..

I'm looking mainly to find my way back where I started, and keep track of
where I find mushrooms...

john

Just about any GPS unit will work fine. Mine is 7+ years old
now and I haven't found any reason to buy a new one.

What type of 'shrooms? I went out for morels on Sunday, but
it looks like I was about a week too early.
- Ken

Yeah, this is going to be my third season hunting morels, I'm getting a
little better at it and have really taken a liking to it. There's one forest
that I absolutely get turned around in every time...no real possibility of
getting lost but I have walked a couple of miles to my van, only to find I
walked the wrong way on the road! (laughs).

Things were looking excellent in mid southern Ohio until this week...got
particles of snow in the air now. It looks like the end of next week could
be it. What fun to hike all day and cook morels around the fire at night...

You ever run across any thing besides morels?...

john..... I will survive!

http://www.morelmushroomhunting.com/...htings_map.htm

http://www.morelmushroomhunting.com/...htings_map.htm

My wife is the mushroom freak, she's in the local mushroom
society, I just like eating them.

Morels aren't my favorite, but we find white truffels in the spring.

Chanterelles (my favorite), boletus edulus, oysters, "angel wings",
and chicken of the woods (another of my favorites) in the fall.

We've also gotten logs which have had mushroom spores
"innoculated" on them. You keep them inside, and in a few
weeks they bloom. From freshly picked to frying pan in
a matter of seconds.
- Ken

On Apr 4, 8:28 am, "asadi" wrote:
I'm gonna start looking up things about them..

I'm looking mainly to find my way back where I started, and keep track of
where I find mushrooms...

john

I have a Garmin Etrex. I have been able to find electrical vaults
that were burried. I could track them to the point of standing on the
lid. ( the lid was covered with dirt).
I have found Geocaches the same way. We were standing on the things.
I have used to measure lengths for cables, it was more accurate than a
wheel.
I don't really know why the military needs accuracy to 64 bits, the
commercial ones are good enough to place a 2000 lb bomb.
You can also use it to find your car in a parking lot. If you put in
your car it will give you speed and direction more accurately than
your speedometer.
If your fishing in a lake you don't have to paint that "X" on the
side of the boat any more.

On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:28:32 GMT, "asadi"
wrote:

I'm gonna start looking up things about them..

I'm looking mainly to find my way back where I started, and keep track of
where I find mushrooms...

john

Since no one has mentioned it, I will. IMO, get one with mapping
capability as they aren't much more than one without - be it new, used,
or whatever. Then, one with some form of computer interface and memory
card capability can come in handy. Outside of that, again IMO, if all
you're doing it real basic land stuff - waypoint to waypoint, "I'm here
and wanna get there," GPS is just GPS - triangulation on stuff in the
sky. I will say that unless the need is there, I'm not a fan of the
cell-phone sized handhelds - YMMV. IMO, they are a little too limited
on "multiple uses," and the screens are pretty small.

If this helps, I have a Garmin 172C that I use on the flybridge of a
small boat, the car, and handheld (perm mount w/ power on FB, cig plug
cord in car, 4 AA when HH). It's larger than the little HH Garmins, but
it'll do quite a bit, including hook to a computer and has mem cards.
You could probably find one used for 200USD or less as I don't think
it's absolutely current, but it's not "outdated." If you do go with
something like that, I have worldwide land and marine data - that I can
send no problem - and could probably scrounge up a extra unlock. Shoot
me an email if you're interested.

TC,
R

On Apr 4, 8:28 am, "asadi" wrote:
I'm gonna start looking up things about them..

I'm looking mainly to find my way back where I started, and keep track of
where I find mushrooms...

john

Nest time you go better check the forecast for solar storms as well as
rain/snow etc. Solar storms can play hell with GPS satalites or so it
says here. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2831.htm
Better take a map and compass just in case.
There are morels in this part of the world but I have never hunted
them. They have commercial hunters and sometimes things get hostile
in the woods.
When the smelt run I may try of find some. Fried smelt, Morells
fried in butter and a bottle of Resiling. Thats a meal that will
panic any cardiologist.

"BJ Conner" wrote in message
ps.com...
On Apr 4, 8:28 am, "asadi" wrote:
I'm gonna start looking up things about them..

I'm looking mainly to find my way back where I started, and keep track of
where I find mushrooms...

john

Nest time you go better check the forecast for solar storms as well as
rain/snow etc. Solar storms can play hell with GPS satalites or so it
says here. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2831.htm
Better take a map and compass just in case.
There are morels in this part of the world but I have never hunted
them. They have commercial hunters and sometimes things get hostile
in the woods.
When the smelt run I may try of find some. Fried smelt, Morells
fried in butter and a bottle of Resiling. Thats a meal that will
panic any cardiologist.


A few years ago my friends and I were backpacking in the Santa Cruz
mountains and accidentally stumbled across a Cannabis garden.
We thought it best to play safe and quickly leave the area.
-tom

On Apr 5, 12:46 pm, "Tom Nakashima" wrote:
"BJ Conner" wrote in message

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On Apr 4, 8:28 am, "asadi" wrote:
I'm gonna start looking up things about them..

I'm looking mainly to find my way back where I started, and keep track of
where I find mushrooms...

john

Nest time you go better check the forecast for solar storms as well as
rain/snow etc. Solar storms can play hell with GPS satalites or so it
says here.http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2831.htm
Better take a map and compass just in case.
There are morels in this part of the world but I have never hunted
them. They have commercial hunters and sometimes things get hostile
in the woods.
When the smelt run I may try of find some. Fried smelt, Morells
fried in butter and a bottle of Resiling. Thats a meal that will
panic any cardiologist.

A few years ago my friends and I were backpacking in the Santa Cruz
mountains and accidentally stumbled across a Cannabis garden.
We thought it best to play safe and quickly leave the area.
-tom- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

A testimonial to the value of the GPS. I have read that some pot
growers are not planting gardens any more. They can space their
plants out and record the position of each. Supposedly they don't
show up as easliy on aerial surveys. Tehy can also put them in clear
cuts and burns where hikers don't like to go.

"BJ Conner" wrote in message
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On Apr 5, 12:46 pm, "Tom Nakashima" wrote:
"BJ Conner" wrote in message

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On Apr 4, 8:28 am, "asadi" wrote:
I'm gonna start looking up things about them..

I'm looking mainly to find my way back where I started, and keep track
of
where I find mushrooms...

john

Nest time you go better check the forecast for solar storms as well as
rain/snow etc. Solar storms can play hell with GPS satalites or so it
says here.http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2831.htm
Better take a map and compass just in case.
There are morels in this part of the world but I have never hunted
them. They have commercial hunters and sometimes things get hostile
in the woods.
When the smelt run I may try of find some. Fried smelt, Morells
fried in butter and a bottle of Resiling. Thats a meal that will
panic any cardiologist.

A few years ago my friends and I were backpacking in the Santa Cruz
mountains and accidentally stumbled across a Cannabis garden.
We thought it best to play safe and quickly leave the area.
-tom- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

A testimonial to the value of the GPS. I have read that some pot
growers are not planting gardens any more. They can space their
plants out and record the position of each. Supposedly they don't
show up as easliy on aerial surveys. Tehy can also put them in clear
cuts and burns where hikers don't like to go.


amateurs.....hydroponics and cloning is state of the art now....

john....why else would they call it the underground?