[Paddlewise] Lost on GPS

Last week I paddled the river the Linge with my local kayak club. Since the
Linge always flows in the same direction, there was no real need to use my
GPS on the water. Still, I payed a lot of money for the toy, I try to use it
in every possible and impossible situation to impress myself and my fellow
kayakkers, so I used it to store the places of put-in and take-out, and the
road in between, so that I didn't have to look at the road when it was time
to retrieve the cars, I could just follow the line on the GPS.

Well, my passengers were definitely impressed, until I came upon a
one-way-street. I had to drive around that, took a random turn and got
completely lost. 

By now a week has passed, but still I can not meet my fellow kayakkers
without hearing hoots of laughter. The story has travelled fast: All club
members have heard it by now, all friends and all collegues of all members
of the club also, and still the story is spreading by email and websites.

I preferred PaddleWise to hear the story from me rather then from my
not-so-fellow-kayakkers-any-more. 

The lesson is clear: If you are navigating a car on GPS, do NOT look at the
road, however tempting it may be, and NEVER EVER look at traffic signs.
Shouldn't be too hard with a bit of practice.

Niels.
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