My First GPS, a Garmin Rhino 110

I desperately needed a GPS.  Writing the information down on pieces of lined notebook paper was getting old.  Plus there are sometimes I couldn't find the caches based on the hint and what other cachers wrote in the logs alone.  I had to make my time finding caches count.  I couldn't spend anymore hours looking for just one. 

I had some extra money for my birthday so I started looking for a GPS on eBay.   I couldn't get one of the good ones just yet so I settled on a bright yellow Garmin Rhino 110.  It was less than $150 and a great starting point. 

I received my GPS in the mail on November 10th but didn't get the mail until the 11th.  I immediately learned how to use it and finding caches was way more easier and quicker.  However, the maps were very hard to see and you really couldn't put a query on it because I didn't have the cords or the software and I was okay with that.  I was learning.  Instead, I had to manually input the coords into the GPS, it still was tedious but it was quicker and more efficient than the way I was doing it...without a GPS altogether.

I found 50 without a GPS and managed to double my total of finds within 2 months of getting a GPS.

I went out for the first time to grab a cache out on Rainier Road, The Elusive 80 Acres (GCRBBH) by Frisbee'r.  I parked at the given coords but never felt like I wasn't on Fort Lewis property.  I tried to hurry just so I wouldn't get into trouble.  It was my first time navigating with the new GPS so it took me longer than it should have.  When I did get to within 30 feet of the cache I knew I was in the right area based off of the hint.

I was so stoked!  I actually found a cache with a GPS!  This is awesome!  This is the start to more great adventures to be had.  Who knows what's going to happen, the people I will meet and the places I will go.  I can't wait!

Next Adventure:  TBA