- Susan, It depends of course upon where you are going....whether it is in the city or way out in the sticks. Columbia is a nice little community and most of the amenities are not very far away if you forget something. I have an old briefcase that I carry my caching stuff in for the city hunting. I keep spare batteries...goodies for the caches ...pens and pencils plus keep all my caching sheets and maps there to keep them organized until I get into town. Then of course everything gets scattered everywhere.:D ....Water is good or soda but in a city you can just stop at a quick shop for some if you forget it....I prefer tennis shoes in town because you are walking a variety of surfaces from sidewalks and roads to a rocky trail. It doesn't hurt to have extra socks and shoes in case, though water crossing in cities are fewer then a widerness cache....However on this trip the King Cache is next to and across a creek....I was able to cross last time without getting wet but with the rain we are having you never know. Don't forget to bring a little something to share at the potluck dinner....I am bringing a cooler with ice so if it needs to be kept cold we can put it there. Depending on how many show up Sat. morning we can ride in our Suburban or car pool in a couple of vehicles instead of having a long train of cars.....our vehicle will hold 7 or 8 depending on the degree of comfort level wanted :D and how close we want to get LOL Hope this helps and looking forward to seeing and meeting you all on Saturday Dan (Thunder) --- Susan Ring <susanmring@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On the group cache page, under "what to bring", it > says the usual caching stuff. Since this is my > first all day, out of town trip, what exactly would > that be? I can figure out the basics-GPS(!), > sunscreen, good walking shoes, water bottle, snacks > (I never go ANYWHERE without snacks). But are there > things that newbies don't usually think of that > would make the day go smoothly? I'd appreciate > suggestions. > > Thanks, > Susan > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com **************************************************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching ****************************************************************************