@jjscsix Intentionally or not, you're giving me too much credit. Just ask my wife...
I too struggled with Basecamp for a couple of years, and did everything I could to avoid it. For a long time I used Google My Maps to create routes and export them as *.KML files. I then used BC to import the KML file for processing. I had no idea what I was doing other than the easy steps of converting the KML to a BC route, and then transferring the route to my Nav. When done, I couldn't close the BC program fast enough. I was that intimidated.
Still, it bothered me that I couldn't grasp how to create BC routes within the program. So I watched a few recommended YouTube BC tutorials that took a total of about 45 minutes, and I was on my way. The problem the whole time was that I wasn't learning correctly. The basics of creating an everyday route (Start, End, and shaping/via points in-between) are very straight forward. Yes, there are advanced techniques and other BC features I'll never bother to learn, but I don't need them. I'm getting too old to clutter my head with stuff I'll rarely (or never) use.
I'm not trying to get you to revisit BC. That horse has left the barn, and you're clearly happy with inRoute. I'm not convinced that I won't lose routing detail in an inRoute created GPX transferred to my XT, but I won't know until I try. I will give inRoute a fair chance, and report the good, the bad and the ugly. Hopefully, it's more good than anything else.