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Now I do like paper maps, I can use a compass I have a real GPS but my phone knows exactly where it is because of satellites. Unfortunately if you know where my phone is you know where I am too.. so much for the tradeoff. For ambles in the woods near home I just like to stuff my phone in my pocket and go off in the woods. Hence I have a camera.. And if I had the right preloaded map I would also have an at hand topo map for where I am. Too many times have I ambled on my nearby trails and...

I was thinking of getting a Google Pixel phone and transferring my cell carrier to Google Fi, which auto switches between T-Mobile (which includes Sprint) and U.S. Cellular towers, but I see very spotty coverage in many of the canoe areas of the Adirondacks. What is your experience with cell coverage in the Adirondacks? You can break down your answers by different canoeing places, different carriers, or even by 3G, 4G LTE, or 5G service coverage. There really are only three primary...

I have a Garmin eTrex GPS purchased in 2000. I have rarely, if ever, used it for navigation until this past summer. But on our canoe trip in the NWT Kathleen and I were supposed to be picked up by float plane at a specific location. So I entered the coordinates as a waypoint, even though the GPS had never been there. I also entered coordinates for a fishing lodge that we wanted to visit. On both situations the GPs indicated we were getting closer, and then changed its mind to saying we were...