Merritt Madness

"Merritt Madness" is located on the Merritt Parkway in a Park and Ride.  The place is a mess, garbage everywhere in the woods.  The cache is in good shape but the area needs some work. I would recommend if you go after this one, walk on the road because the cache is located right near the street and skip all the mess.

On Our Way To The Car Show

"On Our Way To The Car Show" - This cache was set back on a trail about .14 miles. Parking is on the side of the road between two guard rails which I did not like and there is a big lip when you pull in so your car bottoms out, thats always nice.  The cache was found by some kids who did not take the cache but drew in the log book.  At least they left the cache there.

BlackstarNavigation 1.6.3 Beta

The new release of Blackstarnavigation 1.6.3 Beta is out with some nice new features.
current changes in beta:
* multiple track bug fix.
* text display of direction. change from compass to text with sideways scroll
* number of satellites locked display. But does not display until enough satellites are locked to create a location. I was hoping to display the number while still acquiring a lock, but I am not sure that will be possible.
customizable fonts for each screen
* fixed a bug in gps import if there is a line feed at the beginning or end of a geocaching log.
* fixed some formatting of gpx file to be able to import into gsak.
* fixed bug which prevented bcaching userids with embedded spaces in name from connecting to bcaching
* added date timestamp to waypoint
* Track in process display
* added Nautical Miles to units
* opened the file filter to allow gpx.rem and loc.rem files to be selected for importing
* added Cardinal direction (N/S/E/W) to units

You can download it OTA here. Blackstarnavigation 1.6.3 Beta

Eager Beaver

FTF! I like to be the first to find on a new cache, who doesn't ? "Eager Beaver" was an easy find in small park at Beaver Pond next to Southern Connecticut State University. Parking close to the cache was not a problem, there was one spot on the street which allowed me to only walk 300 feet to the cache. The first to find prize? $1.00

Le Tour De Orange

"Le Tour De Orange" is a multi-cache which are a little more challenging then traditional caches in hope that all the parts of the series are there so you can find the final. This one starts on the green in Orange, CT and ends up right across the street at the Orange Community Center so a lot of driving or walking is not required. This was a farely easy milti which ended on a good note, I found it.

Ode to Paul Cache

Orange Community Center is the home of a few caches but this one was the most challenging. The "Ode to Paul Cache" is located on the side of a cliff and it is a very steep climb. I stopped here doing another cache and had a few minutes to look for this one. Found it with no problem so another one off my list.

Family Fun - Critters

I went looking for "Family Fun - Critters" today, jcclark and I looked for this one a while back but we had problems with the cords. The owner verified all the stages are there and in good shape. As it turned out we found the cache of a previous fundraiser cache. Well I had a problem with it again, I was looking for stage two and it turns out that too was also part of the fundraiser. This one is turning out to be a nightmare. I will try again this coming weekend from scratch and post my progress...if any.