I've had a Garmin 12 for several years. I added a car lighter adapter so I
could leave it on all day and not worry about batteries. I also picked up
the MapSource Waterway & Lights software. It's $100, but it let's you save
waypoints and routes, as well as plot routes on the map. My setup is not
nearly as fancy as some of the newer rigs, but it sure works for me.

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Tight lines,
Citizen Fisherman

On 6-Mar-2004, "Craig Baugher" wrote:

Let the batteries in my Garmin hand-held go dead, and I mean dead. I put
a
fresh set of batteries in and when I turned it on, it went through the
initial setup (setting of country, city, time, etc.). I thought for sure
all my waypoints would be deleted, as I frantically flipped through the
pages. But much to my delight they were all present and accounted for. A
happy man indeed! Now, I think I will write them down again, and put the
list in our fire box for safe keeping.

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Craig Baugher