They should have just used a map ...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – A Nevada couple letting their SUV's navigation
system guide them through the high desert of Eastern Oregon got stuck in
snow for three days when the GPS unit sent them down a remote forest road.

On Sunday, atmospheric conditions apparently changed enough for their
GPS-enabled cell phone to get a weak signal and relay coordinates to a
dispatcher, Klamath County Sheriff Tim Evinger said.

"GPS almost did 'em in and GPS saved 'em," Evinger said. "It will give
you options to pick the shortest route. You certainly get the shortest
route. But it may not be a safe route."

Evinger said the couple got stranded Christmas Day and a Lake County
deputy found them in the Winema-Fremont National Forest outside the
small town of Silver Lake on Sunday afternoon and pulled their
four-wheel-drive Toyota Sequoia out of the snow with a winch.

John Rhoads, 65, and his wife, Starry Bush-Rhoads, 67, made it home
safely to Reno, Nev.

The rest of the article is here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091229/ap_on_hi_te/us_stranded_motorists


Angie