Garmin Etrex30 Question

[tacticalathletes]

New GPS user.  Purchased the Etrex30 and downloaded GD Route from ACA for N-S ride this July. After downloading into basecamp and onto the device SD card, when I access it in my route folder, it is labeled akwardly and seems very broken up by smaller sections ( like 3 or more different file folders for just the border to Whitefish section).

I bought the bundle with the TOPO US SD card but am not sure if it's sourcing this from the SD card or just using the basemap from Garmin.  Do I disable the basemap and just enable Topo? 

My expectations were to use the printed Maps/Cue Sheets (I cleaned these up in excel) and the GPS as an expensive co-pilot in case I question my route finding.  Right now the GPS just seems like a pain in the arse with having to close and open files of route section every 30-40miles.   There's got to be an easier way to do this that I'm missing right?   

[bmike-vt]

You can get TopoFusion, stitch the whole route (or larger sections) into a single file.

To turn on and off various maps - (doing this from my eTrex20, assume it is the same):
From a map screen press the menu button.
Select 'Setup Map'
Select 'Map Information - Select Map'
You can then enable and disable any of the maps you have installed.

And, you can organize those files by plugging in the GPS and looking at its contents like a USB drive. You should be able to dump all of those files into 1 folder on the device. And you can rename them to make sense to you.
You should also be able to simply copy / paste into the GPX folder on the SD card.