Drive the Appalachian Trail?

 

Interesting experience this past weekend. SWMBO and I were in NE Tennessee. While driving around Lake Watauga, Karen (that is the voice I have selected) continually attempted to route me onto the Appalachian Trail. SWMBO said NO WAY with her Impala!

Garmin Nuvi 350 w/CN North America NT 2011.20

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"It's on my To Do list, awright?" - Shrek

:-)

You might want to click 'Avoid Off-Road' if your unit supports it.

..However, I'd give it a go in an Impala. mrgreen

Although a Pinto (remember them?) is still my not-an-off-road-vehicle-that-goes-anyplace-off-road first choice. Especially if it's a rental.

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It's about the Line- If a line can be drawn between the powers granted and the rights retained, it would seem to be the same thing, whether the latter be secured by declaring that they shall not be abridged, or that the former shall not be extended.

Discussion with Garmin support...

That is essentially what Garmin support suggested. My contention is that a "foot path" should not even be an option for a motorized vehicle (Car/Motorcycle) which is what I have selected.

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"It's on my To Do list, awright?" - Shrek

Garmins do have their idiosyncrasies...

If you had driven the AT, it would've been a first, that's for sure! Yoo hoo, Guinness Book...

My Nuvi once wanted me to drive some mountain 'trail' in western NC's Smokies that was more fit for an Army Hummer and not much else. Ok, maybe billy goats. It kept egging me on for about 5 miles on this non-road rut until I finally gave up and managed to turn around in my Outback. Maybe if I'd been Crocodile Dundee I would've pushed on to see if it ever got back to a real road. And I have dirt road avoidances activated. So, Garmins can be weird sometimes.

To paraphrase my 7th grade teacher, "Be sure brain is engaged before putting car into gear."

GC

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Nuvi 350, GPS Map 76CX

Reminds me of a funny

Back when they first opened the KATY Trail, (a Rail to Trail that runs from St. Charles, MO to Sedalia, MO), and before GPS's, my son got the first ticket issued on it for driving a vehicle on it. His excuse was, it was a shortcut to his favorite fishing spot.

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So what was the problem?

alleghany wrote:

Back when they first opened the KATY Trail, (a Rail to Trail that runs from St. Charles, MO to Sedalia, MO), and before GPS's, my son got the first ticket issued on it for driving a vehicle on it. His excuse was, it was a shortcut to his favorite fishing spot.

That should hold up in any rural courthouse in the country. wink

Maybe

SandyPaws wrote:
alleghany wrote:

Back when they first opened the KATY Trail, (a Rail to Trail that runs from St. Charles, MO to Sedalia, MO), and before GPS's, my son got the first ticket issued on it for driving a vehicle on it. His excuse was, it was a shortcut to his favorite fishing spot.

That should hold up in any rural courthouse in the country. wink

I guess the problem was that Barny was on duty (and you know how he gets sometimes), because Andy wuz out fishin' with Opie that day.

Alleghany- I love it.. traffic safety advice from Moms Mabley! Good old common sense from way back in the day.

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It's about the Line- If a line can be drawn between the powers granted and the rights retained, it would seem to be the same thing, whether the latter be secured by declaring that they shall not be abridged, or that the former shall not be extended.

Hmmmm. There are a lot

Hmmmm.

There are a lot of places where the Appalachian Trail IS a road ... places like Virginia's Blue Ridge Parkway, where hikers spill out onto the pavement to walk along road shoulders and bridges.

And a number of people love to "try" to drive the entire length of the Appalachian Trail, traveling along roads that closely follow the trail.

Trouble is, a lot of the trail's road crossings signs and markings are stolen as souvenirs so it's hard to tell whether someone driving has crossed or is parelleling the trail

Interesting that you say in Tennesee, the gps wanted you to drive the Appalachian Trail. Wonder if there is maybe a parelleling road that is called the Appalachian Trail.... or there is a section of Tennessee road that is actually part of the trail, and so the GPS sees the road as the Appalachian Trail/State Route xx

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