For when you're not using it, Greg, line the inside of a small ammo can with cardboard or something to break contact with the metal box, and keep the GPS in the ammo can until needed. I don't know what it uses for batteries, but best not stored in the device. Even the best batteries seem to leak and fail in the vehicle... or even in the house. I took a lot of stuff out of my van for Matthew... the hurricane... and had it in our back closet under the stairs.
For the vehicle, I keep a set of clothes that's supposed to be quick drying/wicking away from the body, along with a better pair of shoes and merino wool blend socks. I wear shorts and clogs and need something for the night and more durable. Cotton holds water and chafes. One of the best things to point that out... about jeans... was one of the earlier Survivor shows where they kicked everyone off a boat and they had to swim to shore. Jeans suck. One of the characters was wearing jeans and one of the others made him a kilt out of them.
My pistol and knife are always on me... the pistol IWB at about 5 o'clock and the knife clipped inside my left pocket for a backup.
When I go to government offices or the bases I still carry my P380... the most concealable and knife since the Chattanooga attacks... no unarmed in a gun-free zone for me... Big Boy Rules.
Wynn
USAF Retired '88, NRA Life Member. Wife USAF Retired '96
Avatar: Wynn re-enlists his wife Desiree, circa 1988 Loring AFB, ME. 42nd BMW, Heavy (SAC) B-52G's
Frédéric Bastiat’s essay, The Law: http://mises.org/books/thelaw.pdf
Thomas Jefferson said
“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.”
and
"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading".