Originally Posted by
Daspydyr
I am interested in how you would use the GPS with a canoe. I enjoy paddling around, but can't see myself getting lost in the waters here in the SW. Canada is probably more intense with ways to get lost. Fill me in.
Can't speak for the OP, but I use my GPS when canoeing and kayaking. One reason is to record the trip and know where pictures were taken. Here's one example of a kayak trip where there was never any doubt of our location, but having the GPS made it easy to show the pictures and route:
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1136105
The GPS has also come in handy on some trips where it let me know how far to go to the arranged take-out point and to confirm when we had arrived (bridges can frequently look pretty similar from the river). And when seakayaking out on the bay or ocean it has been very useful when the fog rolled in and hid all the landmarks.