Still cruising to Murray, KY.  I love my Garmin 45 GPS!   It makes cross country so easy but it's no substitute for pilotage using a compass and sectional map with ground references.  Although I used my GPS as primary navigation I was always double-checking my sectional and ground references.

I did get an email a week before the trip from a gentleman who saw my preliminary flight plan and asked me if I had planned flight time to reference points.  I told him that I had not and immediately I got a reply effectively stating that I better carry a backup GPS since I was too lazy to do a complete flight plan based on pilotage and it was stupid to take such a risk on a trip like this.  He also stated that I was doing a disservice to all aviation and I had no business being an instructor.  He irritated me just a little bit but I said to my Lord, "Father, I need some spirit of grace for words right now."  I chuckled as I replied to the strong statements, "That's alright, not only do I teach pilotage skills to my students but alternative methods of navigation as well.  That's what so nice about ultralights.  If my GPS goes out I just land in a field behind the nearest Wal-Mart and buy me a new one!  Try that in your Cessna!"