Hi,
Thanks for responding.
I have made a lot of ground since that post. Yes, I did separate the GPS from the SD card and was able to verify that I could write to the SDcard.
I also, pulled apart my two shields and looked over the soldering etc. In short, I finally got things working.
Right now I'm trying to figure out how to parse and write code that retrieves the GPS data and formats it in a way that is easily readable.
I keep looking through C & C++ books and references.
I really just want Longitude, Latitude, and Altitude in a simple straight line.