OK, so I can get some sleep tonight, I'm going to share my final thoughts on triangulation and why it's important.    I am sure that I probably had some early learning of this math form as I come from a family of engineers.  I know I didn't study it in public school.  I know my brother used it to find the Bahamas when he took me there on his newly designed boat for it's maiden voyage.  Without a good concept of triangulation, one could miss the islands completely and find oneself lost in the middle of the Atlantic.  Not an experience I personally wanted.  But this isn't the situation that made the concept of 'triangulation' stick in my head.

Many years ago, I was a 911 operator for a small village in south Florida.  I worked the midnight shift.  One night, I received a few 911 calls about a boating accident that happened in the intracoastal waterway but in a wide section so it was hard to locate where exactly.  Thank goodness, the Sgt. on duty was educated.  He sent an officer to each of the locations that had called in the accident.  By doing triangulation, then "borrowing" a boat, he was able to get medical help to the victims rather quickly considering the location of the accident. 

I hadn't remembered this particular situation when I first posted of my son learning the concept to locate a small bird's nest in middle of twenty acres.  But tonight as I tried to get to sleep, this memory wouldn't go away.  So there it is.  We never know what we may some day need.  It also makes me realize that I have too many sad stories even if a rescue was accomplished.

God bless you all and I pray he keeps you all safe.

Goodnight.

Vicki