[GeoStL] Re: Things are looking good.

I agree w/ Barbara about keeping it simple. In the "zeroing in on the cache" 
part I'd keep a few things secret and let the class discover them by themselves.

Just going out with a goal to find a cache and wandering in circles a bit at 
first is part of it. You become a lot smarter after the first 2 or 5 or 10 
finds. On the first few just figuring out what to look for is part of the 
challenge. I remember the first one found hanging in a tree, the first one 
inside a stump someone had hollowed out in their workshop, and the first real 
bushwhack that was retrospectively totally unnecessary. You get a sense of "hey 
I did it". You get to discover a pile of sticks means something, not to park 
the car at the first spot that seems "close enough", and not blindly follow the 
GPSr arrow once you get close. I think everyone should discover these on their 
own, and not see them projected on the screen before at least giving it a try. 
Its part of the fun of it and gives a sense of accomplishment. 

What I'm suggesting is don't give away too much of what (most) people would 
find satisfaction in discovering themselves.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: barbarastl@xxxxxxx 
  To: STL Area Geocaching 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 10:03 PM
  Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Things are looking good.



  I think I'd keep it simple...what appealed to me when I tried my first cache 
with friends was that we could just pick up and go, and without a lot of 
experience with a GPS we could have a day's worth of fun with it. Getting too 
advanced or complicated might be discouraging for beginners.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: GC-RGS 
      To: GC-maillist 
      Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 10:19 AM
      Subject: [GeoStL] Things are looking good.


      I just got a call from Marty who is in charge of the St. Louis County 
Parks public programs. He would like to have a program setup for the public on 
geocaching. This would be strictly geocaching since they already have a GPS 
usage program setup with Alpine shop. 

      It is tentivly setup for early April and will be at Greensfelder Park. 
They have a nature/training center there and will provide a laptop and 
projector/screen. We will need to provide a Powerpoint presentation on CD since 
they do not like to hook up outside computers to the County's equipment. The 
County usually charges $3-5 per person and they will split that 50-50 with us.

      I think there are currently 5 caches (single and multi) in the park that 
we can use and may want to think about something special for the event. Maybe 
hide a micro and a virtual to give them a chance for each type. 

      I have to fax him (his email is down) a 1 paragraph description of the 
program by Friday. So if anyone has any ideas of what we should cover, send 
them to me.

      Some of my ideas in random order:
      1. PowerPoint GPS screen shots
      2. Types of caches
      3. History of geocaching
      4. Cache in/Trash out
      5. Zeroing in on the cache
      6. Topo maps and trail maps
      7. Using tracks
      8. Geocaching.com & SLAGA & geostl.com
      9. Overlayed tracks on ExpertGPS Sat. and topo maps of park with current 
caches.
      10 Types of containers and how they are hidden
      11. ???

      This could really be a big feather in our hats and make a GOOD name for 
ourselves. We need to do this right.

      Rich

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