As anyone who has spent any time travelling with me will confirm, my navigational skills away from home leave something to be desired. For this reason I usually book the Neverlost navigation option on Hertz rentals. This option is only available on mid size cars and up.

On my forthcoming trip to LA I will be travelling alone and probably not running up more than a hundred miles. It seemed a little excessive to book anything larger than a compact, and in any case the Focus is nicer to drive than a Taurus or other boat-like gas guzzler. On the down side, no navigation!

So, long story short (erm, well, short-ish), I need to connect a GPS unit which has a serial port to a laptop which does not. A USB to RS232 serial adapter is the answer, but I don't have one, can't find one locally, and I fly out on Monday morning. Does anyone know of a store near LAX where I might be able to pick one up?

Thanks

Rob