Hi Roger and welcome, Just a bit of information for you. You don't necessarily have to have a GPS to get started in geocaching. The first 3 finds I made were without one. Just look for caches that have a good description and fairly descriptive hints and you should be able to log a few before the budget permits buying a GPS. For a couple that I found in the St. Louis area I would recommend the I44 Rest cache and Chain Mail in Pacific. And I believe from the hints you could probably find all 5 microcaches in the zoo without one. Again welcome and look forward to meeting you on the trail sometime Dan (Thunder) --- Roger Barnes <rogbarn@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hello fellow St. Louis area geo-cachers, > > I have been following the geocaching web site for a > couple of months now > and decided to join your little group too. I don't > have a GPS, but $$ > is flowing into a new budget category for just that > purpose. In the > meantime, I have been doing a fair amount of > benchmark hunting. I think > it's pretty neat, I get to see parts of my local > area that I've never > seen before. If anyone is interested in joining me > for a Saturday or > Sunday afternoon jaunt to find a few, let me know. > > If there is any way to get a members stat page for > benchmarks similar to > the one for caches, it would be great! > > Roger > aka RogBarn > Webster Groves, MO > ***************************************************************************** > Our NEW WebPage! WWW.GeoStL.com > Mail List & Archive Info. > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching > Msg. of the day, "These days, I spend a lot of time > thinking about the hereafter... > I go somewhere to get something and then wonder what > I'm here after. > ****************************************************************************** __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com ***************************************************************************** Our NEW WebPage! WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List & Archive Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching Msg. of the day, "These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter... I go somewhere to get something and then wonder what I'm here after. ******************************************************************************