--- In CentralTexasGeocachers@yahoogroups.com, "strontium_87" <strontium87@...>
wrote:
>
> I'm considering taking a road trip starting Sunday to grab several of the
Texas Parks and Wildlife TXGCC13 challenge caches. The goal is to reach Palo
Duro Canyon SP and grab what I can along the route:
>
> Inks Lake SP
> Enchanted Rock SNA
> San Angelo SP
> Big Spring SP
> Lake Colorado City SP
> Caprock Canyons SP
> Palo Duro Canyon SP
> Copper Breaks SP
> Abilene SP
> Lake Brownwood SP
> Colorado Bend SP
>
> I would be camping each night in one of the parks, though I'm not entirely
sure where or how far to go each day. I'd also like to pick up caches in each
county for the Texas Counties challenge. I realize most everyone is likely busy
with Xmas, but wanted to see if anyone might be interested in joining.

I AM JEALOUS.  That sounds like my kind of road trip.  Enjoy!

-Keith (Indigo Parrish)

Thanks everyone for the feedback!

Angelika/Bicycle_Junkie

--- In CentralTexasGeocachers@yahoogroups.com, "gumbietygress@..."
<gumbietygress@...> wrote:
>
> RussJ/Waterweasel writes the best earthcaches I've ever done. And that's not
just being partial.Track Meet? is a LOT of fun to do ... especially the
inventive ways people have measured the strides (in GPS units, paper, etc.)Take
a look at his ... and, remember, he's a professional Geologist as well as past
professor -- I'm sure he could also pitch in on content. BarbJ =mine are more
PhD level questions, I'm told=Tygress
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: "arnaud.geo" <soaringeagle@...>
> To: CentralTexasGeocachers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CentralTexasGeocachers] Re: Favorite Earthcaches
> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:40:43 -0000
>
> Angelika,
>
> One of the key aspect to understand is that an Earthcache is about *geology*,
not biology.  You can talk about the biology if it relates to the geology.
>
> So in the Wildlife Refuge, you will need to focus on the geological features
of the park first.
>
> Ideally, you want to find some measurable items for the verification
questions.
>
> I would be happy to give you feedback on specific ideas before you spend too
much time writing the description.
>
> Arnaud - SoaringEagle.
>
> --- In CentralTexasGeocachers@yahoogroups.com, "angelikafuller"
<angelika.fuller@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Today I was asked to help the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge develop
some earthcaches.  As physical containers are generally prohibited on US Fish
and Wildlife Service land, this is a great opportunity for geocachers to earn
their smilies and learn about this awesome refuge!
> >
> > I've never created an earthcache before, so I wanted some input.  We want to
do something hands-on and fun as well as educational.  What are some of your
favorite earthcaches?  I could use some inspiration :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Bicycle_Junkie
> > Angelika
> >
>
>
>
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Way to go Julie & Roger!  Happy sailing, caching, and holidays to you!

Lyni9 / Iris

--- In CentralTexasGeocachers@yahoogroups.com, J Crozier <mrscaptainpicard@...>
wrote:
>
> Happy Holidays to ALL!
>
> Footnotes coach and I just received our Christmas present of 5 new
> countries we have found caches in while on board our cruise to the Southern
> Caribbean!  We had an event in Dominican Republic and had 6 attendees!  It
> pays to be on Santa's GOOD list!
> Cheers,
> Julie
> Mrs. Captain Picard
>
>
>
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Besides Necropolis at Britannia Manor, what would be a good cache to find for
#1000? My goal was to reach that by the end of the year and as I write this on
12/30/2012, I'm at 998!! I wanted to find it on the last day of the year but the
weather forecast shows rain so I can't go far and I live in Northwest Austin.
Any thoughts??

Thanks,
Bob
aka JEBJAR

 

Besides Necropolis at Britannia Manor, what would be a good cache to find for #1000? My goal was to reach that by the end of the year and as I write this on 12/30/2012, I'm at 998!! I wanted to find it on the last day of the year but the weather forecast shows rain so I can't go far and I live in Northwest Austin. Any thoughts??

Thanks,
Bob
aka JEBJAR

There is an event tonight if you want to come in out of the wet cold and visit
with other geocachers.  Good food too!

http://coord.info/GC42ZDQ

North Austin
Pok-e-Jo's BBQ
2121 Parmer Lane
Austin, Tx. 78727

We'll be in the party room in the back from 6:00PM until 9:00PM.

Everyone is welcome. Hope to see you all there.

Melanie
(ACCLanMan)

 

Happy New Years to all my friends in Central Texas!  It's too nasty to make it out tonight, but  I resolve to make it to more Austin (and San Antonio) events in 2013!  We've had a great year, caching in some incredible places.  Gotta love geocaching!

Cheers,

Julie

Mrs. Captain Picard

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Melanie <acclanmangroups@...> wrote:

 

There is an event tonight if you want to come in out of the wet cold and visit with other geocachers. Good food too!

http://coord.info/GC42ZDQ

North Austin
Pok-e-Jo's BBQ
2121 Parmer Lane
Austin, Tx. 78727

We'll be in the party room in the back from 6:00PM until 9:00PM.

Everyone is welcome. Hope to see you all there.

Melanie
(ACCLanMan)

Happy New Year!  May y'all have fun finds and awesome adventures!

Denise Vajdak
AdvoCare Independent Distributor
http://tx.ag/advocare

 

Almost all appraisal districts in Texas use the State Plane coordinate system used by surveyors. So chances are that the WCAD maps are in State Plane Central Texas (NAD1983) coordinate system. I'll email one of my former students who works for Wilco to make sure Mary Beth Emmy-n-Sapphie

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From: John Grubbs <rockslide@...>;
To: CentralTexasGeocachers@yahoogroups.com <CentralTexasGeocachers@yahoogroups.com>;
Subject: Re: [CentralTexasGeocachers] Re: AJW's Initial Cache archived!?
Sent: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 2:19:25 PM

The City of Austin has a GIS program that is useful for checking the ownership status of a potential cache site as well. Some layers even add aerial photography. One caveat,  the photographic images may not line up perfectly with the other GIS information so that if you are placing a cache near a particular tree or something, the GIS image may show it incorrectly in relation to the property line. cheers, Anne From: Jay Bingham <binghamjc@...> To: CentralTexasGeocachers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 11:40 PM Subject: RE: [CentralTexasGeocachers] Re: AJW's Initial Cache archived!?   I have mentioned this before, but I think that it bears mentioning again. The Williamson County Appraisal District (WCAD) has an online GIS map application that shows property lines relative to streets and natural features such as rivers. This application has the ability to show coordinates for where the mouse is on the map, unfortunately they are not in any geographic coordinate format that I recognize. The coordinates for the center of the intersection of FM1460 and Industrial Ave. near the WCAD office are given as -10873237.694606127 3483863.831888059, which is obviously not degrees. Using the GPS Coordinate Converter, Maps and Info web site (http://boulter.com/gps/) and clicking on approximately the same location I get 30.622821228814843 -97.67601415514946 (or 30.622821 -97.676014 with less precision, N 30 37.369 W 97 40.561 in the format that we all know and love). It would be grand to know what system they are using for their coordinates and if it can be converted into something useful to us geocachers because then you could be much more precise about public vs private property. I looked on the website and could not find any reference to what coordinate system it is. By moving the cursor around I determined that the first number is the longitude component while the second is the latitude component. The coordinates for the border between Texas & Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico are -10814171.25258265 2993834.94189093, while the coordinates for the point of land at the mouth of the Sabine River are -10445927.791121159 3462221.2266417574. A little more fooling around and I find that the 0 point for east west is the prime meridian that runs through Greenwich, England and the 0 point for north and south is the equator. However, even without that ability it is possible to get a fairly good idea of whether the place you are about to put a cache is private property or not and if it is private property who owns it. In the case under discussion it appears rather obvious, at least to me, that the location of the cache was well within the property line, provided that the map shows the correct location of the river, which it may not. It would be wonderful if all counties had online maps such as this, last time I looked Travis County did not and I am pretty sure that some of the less populated counties in the area do not either. The WCAD GIS map application has undergone several revisions over the past 5 years and is now much faster and easier to use than it was in the past.   --| Jay /\ Bing-GTX |+| Georgetown , TX USA |-- “What you see depends mainly on what you are looking for.”   From: CentralTexasGeocachers@yahoogroups.com [mailto: CentralTexasGeocachers@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of atxtracker Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:24 PM To: CentralTexasGeocachers@yahoogroups.com Subject: [CentralTexasGeocachers] Re: AJW's Initial Cache archived!?     --- In CentralTexasGeocachers@yahoogroups.com, Matt Wilson <matt@...> wrote: > > Holy cow!! Was AJW (GC2YVT7<http://coord.info/GC2YVT7>) really on private property? I somehow doubt it. Sounds like last finders just "poked" around too far. > > Nonetheless, while I certainly agree that caches shouldn't exist near places that cause any major amount of alarm or discomfort that would bring Geocaching a bad name, this sudden and brutal Prime Reviewer archive log makes me pretty sad. > > Also, I vaguely remember not being able to log an archived cache, but I also know for a fact that I've logged at least a couple that were archived, but still there. Thoughts? > Greetings all, As the placer of the cache, I do agree that the tax records do show the cache was on private property. This is my mistake; I'm sorry for the trouble I caused the land owner. Side Note: There are other maps (http://dgcoursemaps.com/CourseMaps/Print/RiveryPark.jpg) that are not so clear and show green space on the far side of the river. Ironically this map is posted on a big sign in the park itself. I am not disputing the archival, only noting that it was not intentional. There were no private property signs (at the time) or fences, and the posted map appears to be wrong. Advanced notification of the archival would have been nice, but I don't feel like it is owed to me, as I am the one who made the error. My main reason for posting is to let everyone know that the PowerRiddle Series is still in play, and has been updated to remove the dependence on AJW. I am working on a replacement, but it is not ready yet. Happy Caching, John

Texas Challenge 2013 is coming up quick.  And Texas Challenge 2014 will get here
pretty quickly too!

We need to have a meeting to sit down and discuss these two events.  We're
handling the Friday night event this year.  I'll have "Bingo" cards to fill out
ready to go.  It would be nice if we had some other things to do as well.

And we really need to decide where we're going to have the 2014 Challenge and
get after it.

So, it would be nice if we could have an event January 26 somewhere in the
Austin area.  I have no clue where, but if someone would grab this bull by the
horns and get an event together I sure would be a happy camper.  In the
meantime, be thinking about what you can do to help, especially with the 2014
event.  Thanks!

EWB - Tom

Nah, that needs to be about milestones.  We could have the meeting the next
afternoon and that would work for me.  Then again, it doesn't have to revolve
around me.  There's a very capable group of people here.

--- In CentralTexasGeocachers@yahoogroups.com, John Baker  wrote:
>
> There is one Tom. But, It isn't setup for a meeting.
>
> http://coord.info/GC3EB30
>
> John/thenkengrene
>
> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 7:49 AM, electric_water_boy <
> electric_water_boy@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Texas Challenge 2013 is coming up quick. And Texas Challenge 2014 will get
> > here pretty quickly too!
> >
> > We need to have a meeting to sit down and discuss these two events. We're
> > handling the Friday night event this year. I'll have "Bingo" cards to fill
> > out ready to go. It would be nice if we had some other things to do as well.
> >
> > And we really need to decide where we're going to have the 2014 Challenge
> > and get after it.
> >
> > So, it would be nice if we could have an event January 26 somewhere in the
> > Austin area. I have no clue where, but if someone would grab this bull by
> > the horns and get an event together I sure would be a happy camper. In the
> > meantime, be thinking about what you can do to help, especially with the
> > 2014 event. Thanks!
> >
> > EWB - Tom
> >
> >
> >
>

Howdy!

I am worried about wet conditions tomorrow morning and I am therefore changing
the start time for the Adopt-A-Highway CITO event (GC431N7). Please note that we
will start at 9 a.m. instead of 8am.
Sorry for any inconvenience this change might cause!

Thanks, see you tomorrow!
Esther/BGTx