Getting an Automobile GPS

Before this Christmas, Erin and I only owned the GPS that was given to us when we first began geocaching. I know I have harped that geocaching is virtually free minus a few costs. However, I am pretty sure many people either own a GPS for their car or have one built in. If not though, I highly suggest looking into buying one. You will not be disappointed, I promise. Up until this holiday season I always had to look at maps and plan routes out as to the best ways to get to the caches we were hunting. I realize that some cachers will just use their handheld to get them there but I sometimes feel like I am driving in circles using that seeing as you never know the exact street to turn down until you have went too far. So writing these routes out would sometimes take hours on end. I do not know how some people do it. They were especially bad when we were planning trips out on the back roads because I would have to zoom in so far to A. find out the name of the road, and B. make sure it did not dead end two miles down the road. I am convinced that it was this route making that would occasionally turn me off from geocaching for a few days. So I figured out a solution to the problem. Christmas was here and since I had nothing else that I really wanted I asked for a GPS for my car. I got a beautiful Garmin Nuvi 260 and am absolutely in love with it. Her name is Hilda by the way. I even turned her accent on to mock an Australian because I think they have the coolest accents. None the less, I never have to create routes anymore. I simply plug the coordinates into her and she tells me exactly where I need to be. Don’t get me wrong, these things are never perfect, but with as accurate as it has been thus far I am not concerned. In case you have not gotten the picture yet, I am telling you that if you have the money go out and buy a GPS for the car. It will strengthen your love for geocaching, I guarantee it!