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I'm sure you learned much from this experience and the impact of that hasn't left you discouraged. About your reference to your checklist, you didn't say, but are you using your CL to verify the setup items you should already have done OR are you using the checklist step-by-step as a "Do" list...

I didn't read all the respnses but there were some sound ones. First of all, your proposed route isn't a "long" cross-country in that airplane, and second, dump that portable electronic junk and learn pilotage before the day comes that you need it and all you have is a tangle of wires and dead...

Does anyone here bother to read the appropriate section in the AIM?

I see no excuse for some of these responses other than arrogance mixed with ignorance.

I'm glad you had the opportunity. The "glass" instrumentation is impressive, bordering on "information overload" in a GA aircraft. My own experience began with my B-747-400 type rating after many years with conventional instruments and radios. At the time the airplane wasn't yet delivered...