Today, Aunt Cathy and Uncle Dave invited us to go for a boat ride and try out the newly installed Garmin GPS.
Dave put the boat in the water and we were on our way. Since I was the designated GPS tester, I got to sit in the driver's seat, and as such, got to drive the boat for the first hour. That was a great and unexpected treat!
The GPS display was very confusing at first. It showed our position, but we were surrounded by white areas that I mistook for land. After zooming out a little, I realized that the white areas were deeper water and the light blue was shallow water. With this knowledge, we headed east down the river. As we approached the Highway 46 bridge, we turned around and returned to the lake.
Back in the lake, we found a quiet spot along the northern edge and ate lunch. After lunch, Dave drove around randomly at high speed for a while, then headed back to the marina.
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It must have been FUN! I take it, that the firs from left pin is where the marina is! What the GPS shows? Banks, shallow and deep water?
I've visited The Farm and the Village. They have very nice houses there. WWouldn't mine to live there.
Next time, we're going to take you to the marina we ate lunch at. The ride up is really beautiful and if we're lucky, we'll see some manatees!
George, check out this link: https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=148&pID=8055#imageTab. It shows a few screen shots.
Cathy, we're looking forward to it... once it gets a little warmer. :)
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