On 29 Jan, 20:12, Eric wrote:
I might even buy a GPS (with voice instructions?) to make it even
easier.
Any tips on hardware/software/GPS maps for this area?

Check out the OpenStreetMap cycle map
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52...layers=00B0FTF

You can load the data into a Garmin GPS too.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index...._Map_On_Garmin