September 2010? How did that happen?!
It's been that long since I posted anything here. Our caching slowed over the years, though we would stop here and there when our spidey-senses kicked in, and I had to look to see if there was indeed a cache nearby.
How times have changed! No longer do we have to print out cache sheets, or usb coordinates (or worse, manually enter them!) into our gps, or even use a gps at all. Now, anyone with a smartphone has everything at his or her fingertips.
Although we've used
c:geo since the transition to phone-caching began, I see that the Groundspeak folks have made
their app free! If I recall correctly, it used to be $9.99. Maybe I'm delusional, but that was the reason we originally went with c:geo. It has served its purpose, but now that I have the Groundspeak app installed, we'll just have to play with it to see which one we prefer.
By looking at it for just a couple minutes, the Groundspeak app is much easier on the eyes, whereas c:geo has a black background. Hmm...looks like you have to upgrade to Premium in order to access some of the caches. Anything above a 1.5 difficulty or terrain requires Premium. Still worth using since the format seems a lot better than c:geo. I'll keep both installed until I get to the point of coughing up the cash to buy it. (I'm so frugal cheap.) Oh, well wouldya look at that. It's not a flat purchase anymore, it's a subscription. (And it's an auto-renewal which is kind of a pain if you forget to turn it off.)
Yes, I am too cheap to pay for a subscription when I can use c:geo for nada. I will absolutely use it as my primary app, and if there's a cache that's grayed out because I don't have Premium, I'll switch over to c:geo and get what I need there. (Because why? Oh yeah, I'm CHEAP.)
Time to go play!