My latest article in the Phelps County Focus, published January 10, 2024. Here’s a teaser:
For about a decade, I have gone elk hunting every year with my friend Wayne, who has been hunting elk for probably 30 years.
In his early days, Wayne used a topographical map and a compass. Topo maps are great, at least if you know where you are on them. In the area where we hunt, near Durango, Colorado, the original maps were made about 100 years ago and revised in 1973. Their details are reasonably good, but, of course, they don’t reflect any changes in the last 50 years, and the resolution isn’t super fine.
We all still carry a map and a compass, as backup.
Not long before I started hunting with him, though, Wayne started using a GPS….
Continued at https://www.phelpscountyfocus.com/faith/article_616818ee-aff8-11ee-90dc-afc1e75b9dd3.html