Fun With Magellan

In anticipation of hunting I've been playing with my GPS unit - in many ways I've been learning how to use it in place of blindly stumbling around with it in order not to get lost - ie using all of those bells and whistles that it's got. Here's some digging I did with coordinates I had saved on it:

This is where all of the other men in my family are right now - hunting camp in Twisp, WA. Kinda wish I was there right now. The white line that runs N-S on the map is the logging road we ride up in the morning. It's 4 miles if we go all the way to the top. To the east you can see Loup Loup(sp) ski area - the littlest ski hill on earth (probably not really, but it's small). Our camp lies just south (I think) of Highway 20 on the map:

So the stars in slightly the wrong spot...

Anywho, we usually come from the west when driving in to camp. But the last year I lived in Washington - not the last year I went to camp, mind you - Cindy and I came in from the east via the North Cascades Highway. I don't think there's a more beautiful drive in the country. You pass scenic alpine lakes, craggy mountains, rocky gorges. Mostly pristine. Sometimes looking down hundreds or more feet at rivers and lakes. I recommend it to anyone. Coordinates to camp - 48 22.375 -119 56.938.

And for my friends in the Ellensburg area - the last time I was through Ellensburg to bird hunt (unsuccessfully) I found a skull from a young big horn ram. It's probably nice and clean by now (or dust). The coordinates are 47 08.152 -120 22.063 if anyone's interesting (its up Cook Canyon, I think. Or maybe Coleman Canyon - go get it, Pittses). An aerial is here, it should be just east of the road, if I remember correctly. A GPS unit of decent quality should get you within a couple of feet. And here's a map:

This time, the star appears to be in roughly the right spot.

Enough tech nerding - I need to get to bed so I can go do some Elmer Fudding tomorrow...