Rete

I was stymied for a gift idea for Jim's for Father's Day. I know that we don't share birth children together but I also know that his son in Nova Scotia never remembers his father until and unless he needs something. What is that saying: "Out of Sight; Out of Mind"? And my girls do think of him as a Dad so they and I were thinking what to get the old man.

Since he is spending part of his two month vacation this summer going to NS to visit the son and grandson and then drive around New Brunswick, Ontario, and into Montreal to visit his family and then down to NY for a week or so before heading back to Canada to return the grandson, I thought: "Wow you guys have been talking about this GPS". I'm old fashioned and would never have thought of this. So yesterday I bought the GO system for him and he is thrilled with the gift.

So thanks for the posts on it and giving me the idea.

Jan Alaska

Must have missed the thread on GPS stuffs, we've had ours for 4 years now and take part in Geocaching which is treasure hunting with co-ordinates and clues. Take a look at www.geocaching.com. Its taken us to places even as close as 4 miles away that we never knew existed.

Jan

Ray

I got the non-powered version for xmas

NC Penguin

That's 'cos you're a cheapskate!


NC Penguin

Irn-bru

and does your wife provide the voice instructions?

Ray

I will tell Joycee what you called her........

Bob

I've a mate that does that, though he started it in winter, and around here, a bit of a bust as everything he found was frozen in holes...but best one was someone leaving a throw away camera, and people take shots when they find it, and when finished the first bloke developed the shots and put them on his blog, which was amusing....

snowbunny

cheapskate = "value for money"

TN-Dave

LOLOL - I was half asleep when I read the originalpost - thought it said he was a Cheap Date ! LMAO !

syllk

Actually, you'll probably find that it's solar powered...

Jan Alaska

We have 3 caches of our own, 1 is a multi (2 part cache) other 2 are in scenic areas. We left a camera at one of our caches but didnt know if we should develope it as one couple had admitted having sex at the place while they were caching ... hmmmmm.

Bob

lovely

shepslady

OH & I have been doing research into geocaching & think we will give it a try over the summer. From everything we have read it sounds like a lot of fun. Have you taken part in any of the treasure hunts yet?

Sorry Rete didnt mean to hijack your post. So glad to know that hubby was thrilled with his GPS......when we got ours I couldnt get a decent conversation out of my hubby for weeks

Jan Alaska

We have found 72, hidden 3 .. our geocaching team name is Team Neff
We own Aapatawaaing, Cabin Lake and Wycamp Creek caches all in N Michigan.
We cache more during the summer months, my kids visit from the UK so it gets us all out and about.

Jan