Brigitte: Well I have a hairdresser that takes care of that for me. She doesn't ask me how I do my job, and I don't ask her how she does hers!
BarbiQ: I see. What exactly is your job?
Brigitte: Sex kitten.
BarbiQ: Cool! But our readers probably don't want to hear about that. Can you share with us some interesting or unusual facts?
Brigitte: Well, who is my audience?
BarbiQ: Mainly geocachers!
Brigitte: Oh I love Geocachers!
BarbiQ: and they love you!
Brigitte: Well what do your American geocachers want to read about?
BarbiQ: Well, they would probably enjoy hearing about geocaching, geocaching stats, hiking, compasses, pizza parties, covert operations, you know, that type of thing!
Brigitte: Well, Stats bore me. Anysing to do with math utterly bores me. It's all just a bunch of numbers!
BarbiQ: Yes, I, can see, um, what you mean, Brigitte.
Brigitte: I can show you how to download maps to a Garmin GPS! Would they find that interesting?
BarbiQ: Why yes! I am sure they would! I think they would like to hear you talk about anything! If it has to do with a GPS, all the better!
Brigitte: Alrightee then! I will assume you already have MapSource, the cd that came with your Garmin, already loaded onto a Windows pc.
BarbiQ: Ok, sounds good. What do we do next?
Brigitte: Open the program by clicking Start, Programs, MapSource, MapSource.
BarbiQ: Ok. Now the program opens and I see some maps.
Brigitte: Right. Now zoom out to about 7 miles, by clicking here.
BarbiQ: I see, this puts the maps in a more easily maniputable position.
Brigitte: You took the words right out of my mouth!
BarbiQ: Oh sorry.
Brigitte: No problem, dahling. Now just move your mouse around and you will see chunks of the map being highlighted. Click on any one of those chunks, and it's name is populated in the list to your left, under the Maps tab.
BarbiQ: I see. So now this map is selected.
Brigitte: Right! Oh you are so smart BarbiQ!
BarbiQ: Aww, shucks, thanks, Brigitte.
Brigitte: Now look on the bottom left. This tells you the size of the maps you selected.
BarbiQ: Why do I need to know that?
Brigitte: Well let's say for example you have a Garmin GPS V. That model has 20 MB total memory. If you select the map for Chino Hills, that is only 3.52 MB. So you can select a lot more maps before you run out of space.
BarbiQ: Well, why do I want maps on my GPS? Do I need them to be able to go geocaching?
Brigitte: No, you don't need them. But they really help, especially when going after those evil urban micros. If you have a GPS that gives you turn by turn directions, and you have the map loaded it will be able to tell you what street to turn on to get to GZ.
BarbiQ: What is GZ?
Brigitte: It's another acronym we geocachers made up, it just means Ground Zero. You know, the target location.
BarbiQ: Oh ok, cool!
Brigitte: anyway, the maps help your GPS to route you there. If you DONT have the maps loaded, your GPS will still point you in the right direction, but it wont know the streets are there, and may want you to walk through houses and stuff.
BarbiQ: I see!
Brigitte: So it always helps you to find MORE geocaches when you have the maps loaded.
BarbiQ: Well, I am all for finding MORE geocaches!
Brigitte: Yes, Barbi, aren't we ALL! Anyway, keep selecting maps that you want to load. The ones selected will be highlighted in pink, and will appear on the left pane under the "Maps" tab.
BarbiQ: Oops! I accidentally selected Riverside! How do I unselect it?
Brigitte: Just click it again to unselect it.
BarbiQ: Wow that was easy! Ok, I have all the maps I want to download selected, Now what?
Brigitte: Now you just click this little icon.
BarbiQ: Which icon?
Brigitte:If you hold your mouse over it for a second before clicking it will say "Save to GPS", or "Send To Device"
BarbiQ: That's it? I just click that and it's done?
Brigitte: No, no silly, it's not wireless. You have to plug the cable in.
BarbiQ: OK, how do I do that?
Brigitte: Go to the back of your pc, like this. Look at the end of the cable. It is a 9-pin female plug right?
BarbiQ: Right!
Brigitte: Just look for a male 9 pin port! and plug it in!
BarbiQ: I have two of them!
Brigitte: it doesn't matter. Just plug it in either one of them. Windows will figure it out. Bill Gates is evil but he was smart.
BarbiQ: Ok now what?
Brigitte: Now click the icon and your maps will move to your GPS.
BarbiQ: Wow, it is moving really slow!
Brigitte: Well yes Barbi, there is alot of data moving across a small cable. A serial cable only handles so much you know! It will take about a minute per MB of data. While we are waiting, we drink!
BarbiQ: Sounds like a plan to me!
Brigitte: Alright, now the maps have moved. See how the base map for Chino Hills looks now?
BarbiQ: Wow, that was great Brigitte! thanks for taking the time to show us this!
Brigitte: No problem BarbiQ, it was my pleasure. I'd do anything for a fellow geocacher!
BarbiQ: Really? Wow! Would you like to go geocaching with me sometime!
Brigitte: I would love to! I will call you sometime ok?
BarbiQ: Sounds great! Oh one last thing, how about a parting shot for our readers?
Brigitte: No sank you, I'm feeling a little tipsy after those tee martoonies we drank.
BarbiQ: No, it's not a drink. The "parting shot" is one last photo to leave our readers with, and traditionally we like to give them either a foot fetish shot or a geocaching shot. Do you have anything like that?
Brigitte: Well, this is kind of short notice, but here's a little parting shot for you, that shows a little bit of my feet, will this do?
BarbiQ: Are you kidding? I am sure my fellow geocachers will love it! Thanks Brigitte!
Brigitte: Your velcome BarbiQ, Bye!
After we landed and Brigitte disappeared in the airport crowd. She never did call me but I will never forget my ride on the Concord with Brigitte Bardot, sex kitten!
