diff --git a/lib/gpx/gpx.rb b/lib/gpx/gpx.rb
index db97cb8..b07536c 100644
--- a/lib/gpx/gpx.rb
+++ b/lib/gpx/gpx.rb
@@ -35,15 +35,12 @@ module GPX
       # have to pick out individual text elements in each initializer of each
       # class (Route, TrackPoint, Track, etc).  Just pass an array of possible
       # attributes to this method.
-      def instantiate_with_text_elements(parent, text_elements)
+      def instantiate_with_text_elements(parent, text_elements, ns)
          text_elements.each do |el|
-            unless parent.find(el).empty?
-               val = parent.find(el).first.content
-               code = <<-code
-                  attr_accessor #{ el }
-                  #{el}=#{val}
-               code
-               class_eval code
+	   child_xpath = "gpx:#{el}"
+            unless parent.find(child_xpath, ns).empty?
+               val = parent.find(child_xpath, ns).first.content
+	       self.send("#{el}=", val)
             end
          end
 
diff --git a/lib/gpx/point.rb b/lib/gpx/point.rb
index 9173fea..6eccbf1 100644
--- a/lib/gpx/point.rb
+++ b/lib/gpx/point.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module GPX
    # The base class for all points.  Trackpoint and Waypoint both descend from this base class.
    class Point < Base
       D_TO_R = PI/180.0;
-      attr_accessor :lat, :lon, :time, :elevation
+      attr_accessor :lat, :lon, :time, :elevation, :gpx_file
 
       # When you need to manipulate individual points, you can create a Point
       # object with a latitude, a longitude, an elevation, and a time.  In
diff --git a/lib/gpx/route.rb b/lib/gpx/route.rb
index 54d0541..d8524f0 100644
--- a/lib/gpx/route.rb
+++ b/lib/gpx/route.rb
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ module GPX
       def initialize(opts = {})
          rte_element = opts[:element]
          @gpx_file = opts[:gpx_file]
-         @name = rte_element.find("child::gpx:name", @ns).first.content
+         @name = rte_element.find("child::gpx:name", @gpx_file.ns).first.content
          @points = []
-         rte_element.find("child::gpx:rtept", @ns).each do |point|
-            @points << Point.new(:element => point)
+         rte_element.find("child::gpx:rtept", @gpx_file.ns).each do |point|
+            @points << Point.new(:element => point, :gpx_file => @gpx_file)
          end
 
       end
diff --git a/lib/gpx/waypoint.rb b/lib/gpx/waypoint.rb
index 56010bb..f9a7a52 100644
--- a/lib/gpx/waypoint.rb
+++ b/lib/gpx/waypoint.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ module GPX
       SUB_ELEMENTS = %w{ magvar geoidheight name cmt desc src link sym type fix sat hdop vdop pdop ageofdgpsdata dgpsid extensions } 
 
       attr_reader :gpx_file
+      SUB_ELEMENTS.each { |sub_el| attr_accessor sub_el.to_sym }
 
       # Not implemented
       def crop(area)
@@ -44,7 +45,23 @@ module GPX
          wpt_elem = opts[:element]
          @gpx_file = opts[:gpx_file]
          super(:element => wpt_elem, :gpx_file => @gpx_file)
-         instantiate_with_text_elements(wpt_elem, SUB_ELEMENTS)
+         instantiate_with_text_elements(wpt_elem, SUB_ELEMENTS, @gpx_file.ns)
+      end
+
+      # Prints out a friendly summary of this track (sans points).  Useful for
+      # debugging and sanity checks.
+      def to_s
+         result = "Waypoint \n"
+         result << "\tName: #{name}\n"
+         result << "\tLatitude: #{lat} \n"
+         result << "\tLongitude: #{lon} \n"
+         result << "\tElevation: #{elevation}\n "
+         result << "\tTime: #{time}\n"
+	 SUB_ELEMENTS.each do |sub_element_attribute|
+	   val = self.send(sub_element_attribute)
+	   result << "\t#{sub_element_attribute}: #{val}\n" unless val.nil?
+         end
+         result
       end
 
       # Converts a waypoint to a XML::Node.