My Travel Optimizer

I am a huge, huge fan of GPS. I have it in my car and I use a hand held when I am mountain biking or exploring. GPS has made my traveling more efficient and rewarding. It has saved me the aggravation and the loss of precious time that occurs when you get [...]

I want to talk about about something I’ve found that has really helped me out in organizing my life. Like most modern people I have a lot of stuff to keep up with. There’s a ton of payments; utilities, cell phone, internet, student loan, car payment, etc. How often do you need to [...]

I would guess most readers of this blog are familiar with social networking sites like Facebook or Myspace. There are other sites that help people to network for purposes other than socialization. All these sites and services fall under the description of social media. One of the services I use is called [...]

Here is a good article from a travel blog called everything-everywhere.com. You can find the article here. I agree that the guidebook is being supplanted by online information. There may be room for both but I turn more to the internet these days than I do the guidebooks. I have a cousin [...]

1. You won’t get lost. Ever.
2. If someone gets hurt you can mark the location and give the exact coordinates to the rescue team (who will most likely have GPS as well).
3. You can mark locations you may want to revisit on future trips
4. You can make maps of your favorite hiking trails, biking trails, [...]