akbound, I agree, and no there was no challenge intended.
The latest GPS receiver chip sets contain some pretty neat stuff and they get better every year, they are at a point today where accuracy has improved and the ability to receive in areas of heavy cover without error due to multipath problems is fantastic. If the WAAS service is ever perfected and all of the birds funded we will have a great system but folks still need to learn how to use them properly and to read a map and use a compass.
My personal GPS is a Garmin 12 XL which I have owned and used since the model was first introduced in 96, it is time for a new one and I am leaning toward the 12 XL again only because I already own an external antenna that fits them and many of the less expensive models can't be used with the external antenna. The software in the old unit cannot be upgraded either which puts me at a bit of a disadvantage at times.