Pitiful... Drop me out of a plane over the North pole at 20,000 feet with only a reserve parachute, naked, handcuffed, shackled, blindfolded, penniless, with your address written on my forehead in Braile and I'll be sitting by your pool wearing a big straw hat and tropical clothes waiting for you when you get home. Please leave the key to your BA or Speedy in the bike along with a couple of helmets so that I can pick you up at the airport if you get held up. GPS devices are great for the military, EMS and Fire Departments, Medevac Helicopters, aviation in general, Police, Marine, etc., but take the challange out of the everyday Joe's trip. I will admitt that I cheat and use Mapquest to get some ideas and distances if I'm going to be towing the camper. Monitoring a GPS while driving ranks right there with talking on the phone. It is distracting and dangerous, especially on two wheels. I just read some great advice on another post about being vigilant of our surroundings while riding on a bike and keeping an escape route in mind if we need to get out of impending danger. Anything that requires concentration reduces our ability to keep this vigil at a peak. Personal GPS devices are for the directionally impaired amongst us. I've never been lost in my life, only temporarily on the wrong road.... HA HA
Actually, I think GPS is great, I just couldn't resist throwing a barb or two on this topic that everyone was giving such helpful info for.
