outdoor campingWe are getting ready for the spring and summer outdoor camping season and I've worked hard on getting our camping gear well organized so that when the urge hits us to go camping, we're ready within an hour or so. There are some amazing places for outdoor camping within 20 miles of home, so it's not hard for us to pull off a three day camping trip with very little to do to get ready and a very short drive to our destination.

This summer, however, we want to try to find some new places in the mountains to go outdoor camping. There is so much public land in Arizona that is perfect for outdoor camping and it is reachable by following forest service maps and old logging roads. However, it's a lot of work to read those maps and it's not that hard to miss a turn, so this year, we added this GPSMAP® 60 Personal Navigation Unit so that we can navigate anywhere in the US. This unit has a lot of city data on it which we will also find really handy when we're driving around town. I selected this one for outdoor camping because it is small and runs on AA batteries.

I found this Garmin unit at Route 66 Mega Mall located at www.route66megamall.com and the price was great, especially for a small unit that is portable. These Garmin GPS units are so nice to have. All my siblings have one making me the last in the family to use 21st Century technology to navigate my way just about anywhere. What I really like about this model is that it has a built in clock, tells us when sunrise and sunset will be, and give us optimal fishing times each day. That is something that my husband will really like because when we he loves to go fishing when we're outdoor camping.

I love it when he catches a lot of fish for our dinner when we're out. Nothing tastes better than freshly grilled fish over a campfire and if this Garmin tells him the best times when the fish are biting, he might be able to sleep in a little longer when we're outdoor camping. He's the quietest guy in the world, so he seldom wakes me when he unzips the tent in the predawn hours, but if he doesn't have to get up before 5 AM, we'll all be happier. I'm pretty excited about the outdoor camping season just ahead of us and exploring new territory with our Garmin GPS, knowing precisely where we are all the time, something that will be a relief for all of us.