GPS Fall Gifts 2006

Ahoy Mates,
September 11th 2006. The big 5 year anniversary. What a time to start writing a blog. Life comes at you fast don't it?

Cindy and I got married on July 19th, 2003 and gave the guy wedding party garmin gps gifts. Hobbies among the men were varied; such as hunting, fishing, tracking, navigating and going for long drives in the country. One day, my brother in law John (wedding guy) was on a day long excursion into a national forest (with our GPS gift) with his family - complete with in-laws. His father in law wanted to turn around because he was convinced John was lost. John plugged in their destination point, pressed the button (boink as I call it), and they were 15 minutes (not two hours) from a main road. You know... a main road with bathrooms, food, and marital harmony.... One of those main roads.

...........Mapping GPS prices have leveled out with excellent entry level units. The Garmin E-Trex Legend gets the best bang for the buck award. We're talking Survivor Man stuff.


GPS's are always hot. They have gotten specialized for hiking, cars, motorcycles, boats, and aeroplanes.

'Recommend a Garmin mapping/talking unit for the car. Never again have to silently pray that he'll pull over and ask for directions. Instead, let him impress you with his new toy. This is what is known as a win-win!
The same toy (I mean tool) can be used on a motorcycle with some rather cool mounting schemas available. 'Recommend an integrated mapping GPS/color sounder/fish finder for the boat. Check to see what kind of transducer needed for the boat and where the gps antenna will mount. Let the pilot figure out which GPS goes in the airplane!

We used the described boat/GPS on the 1972 34' Morgan sailboat Sea Otter (now Queen Doc) on a trip to the Abacos. 'Combined it with a Simrad wheel-auto-pilot and it made ALL the difference in fun, interest, and safely navigating. Remember: "Adjust your bearing to waypoint" and it does the rest. A joy to use.