Originally Posted by
BigBlueToe
I find the gps world (Garmin Vista HcX anyway) to be very arcane and confusing. "Routes" vs. "waypoints", etc. It was hard to get a clear picture in my head, and I'm not as dumb as I look! However, I'll keep trying. Too bad no one has written a "Garmin Vista HcX for Dummies" book.
A waypoint is a point. A route is what you take to get from point to point.
So you might follow a route from your house (point) to grandma's house (point) via the Big Scary Wood (point).