quasi Report This Comment Date: June 18, 2012 05:36PM
Went through about half a mile of this this morning, most of it so narrow &
overhanging so low I had to take my 8 foot kayak paddle apart & use half of
it like a canoe paddle.
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: June 18, 2012 07:02PM
Is that the same place where the crane was? Looks like it.
Did you locate the CFTBL yet?
quasi Report This Comment Date: June 18, 2012 08:04PM
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woberto Report This Comment Date: June 18, 2012 08:10PM
Quasi, have you tried geocaching?
My brother takes his kids out geocaching, they have a blast.
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quasi Report This Comment Date: June 18, 2012 08:52PM
Now that's funny because today I saw a resealable plastic coffee can (Maxwell
House) tied to a tree limb on an island in the main creek - wonder of that's
what it was. I'm not ready to invest in anything with GPS, right now - I drowned
my newer camera week before last and have been using my old camera 'til the
waterproof one I ordered arrives. It's supposed to be here tomorrow. Geocaching
could be interesting here because there are a lot of little channels and
backwaters like this around the edges of the harbor, but besides not having GPS
I just wouldn't have the time right now - I have only two or three hours early
each morning in which I have to get shopping done or go on these outings or
whatever with no days off.
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woberto Report This Comment Date: June 19, 2012 08:15AM
Quasi, you can just use your trusty Google Earth, no need for a GPS or
phone.
If you sign up for geocaheing they display the co-ordinates of nearby caches.
You can enter that into Google Earth and print the map. Might even be more
challenging this way. There are a few near Port Charlotte.
quasi Report This Comment Date: June 19, 2012 09:21AM
I hadn't thought of that, woberto, good point.
woberto Report This Comment Date: June 19, 2012 10:04AM
Whatever keeps the photos coming.
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: June 19, 2012 04:23PM
Yeah really Q. Your pics are great.
Did you let the drowned cam dry out and try it? The thing most likely to be
damaged permanently would be the battery. Lithium batteries tend to have a bad
experience in water and can actually start burning up from the chemical
reactions and damage other parts. If it was powered up other components may have
been fried but I've seen cams and phones survive a bath now and then. Remove the
battery and try powering it from the charger. Just a thought.
quasi Report This Comment Date: June 19, 2012 04:34PM
It's true that no good deed goes unpunished as the thing got dunked while I was
helping out some strangers. It was underwater for about five seconds. Soon as I
got to the car I pulled out the battery and memory card and when I got home I
set up my mom's ancient hairdryer on cool blowing directly into the battery/card
hatch for several hours while placing the card and battery in the outflow grill
of my window AC which sees a lot of action this time of year. The following day
it powered up enough to allow me to get the final pictures off the card (the
POLAR boat was the last one) but the screen is dark and the motor which operates
the focal length and automatic lens cap apparently shorted out and doesn't
operate. Just for the hell of it I tried it again a couple of days ago with my
spare battery and there was no improvement. The new camera arrived while I was
out this morning but I haven't opened it up yet.
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: June 19, 2012 05:14PM
That's too bad. At least you tried and did what you could to save the patient
and you obviously knew what to do. I hope the new cam didn't set you back too
much but with your adventures it makes a lot of sense to get a water proof
one.
My camera suffered some damage from going to the beach (mechanical things do not
get along with sand and I warned them girls about that but no one ever listens
to me). It recovered ok eventually after I cleaned it out real well and kept
working it but it took a while.