A GPS is great, but lets you think you can get to anywhere. I have a GPS I use with my Dell Axim X50v PDA. You have to watch those street navigation programs. At some point, it is hard to tell the good gravel roads from the bad ones. I have run into that before. Down in southern Missouri I thought I could take a road to my mom's. Imagine my surprise when the bridge actually turned out to be a ford across the river. I have learned from my mistake. The advantage of the PDA is also having a topographic mapping program on it. After the first problem, I would have fired up my topographic mapping program. It tends to have a better perspective to questionable roads like that.
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