HA .. I knew it. There would be no other reason for them to develop that beacon thing unless there was something more in it for them. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Bensman To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 10:38 AM Subject: [GeoStL] Garmin is now competing with Groundspeak - new geocaching site http://garmin.blogs.com/my_weblog/2010/12/geocaching-free-for-all-garmin-launches-opencachingcom.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Garmin+%28Garmin+Blog%29 http://www.opencaching.com/ Not sure what I think of this. But I like the ability for rating the caches. I also think I like there being competition with Groundspeak. I signed up for an account. Jim Bensman "Nature Bats Last"