Keeping the Windmill Alive - Your last trip? - August 2012

Just drove from Daytona Beach to Chicago and as always the 3490 worked like a champ. HD Traffic, even though it's the best that Garmin offers did miss a couple hot spots.

But the old Nuvi took me right to the front door

TT 1605 performed flawlessly...then a week riding around PA on the motorcycle...TT340 performed flawlessly.

Drove to WV, VA and PA last week. Had a blast and the POIs from here really helped.

We returned our granddaughter to LA so that she could start school last week.
My 1490 went bonkers many times with shutdowns at every stop.
When I got home I checked it and it showed no free memory so now I am checking to see what I can delete for all my POIš are on a SD card.

In your GPX file on the 1490, there is a folder called ARCHIVE. I am wondering how many files you have in that folder and the size.

I back in the US - it's nice to be home.

HI..Last trip was in June from FL to NC... It was a good safe trip... Took my Motorhome in NC to a dealer to sell.

Return Trip from NC to FL in August... excellent

Planning a rtn trip back to NC soon..

Asheville NC to a custom bed manufacturer.

Acadia National Park.

Just returned from Saratoga Springs, NY. My first time there so the GPS was really needed to find my way around.

Oh yeah, I just about broke even at the track.

Just came back from Montana with several stops visiting friends along the way.

Washington, DC to Canton, OH.

...at the Sagamore Hotel. Nice spot. Jill saved me from a big traffic jam on the way home. A perfect end to a lovely vacation..cz

this month.

Six of us went to the Yellow Butterfly Winery in Newcomerstown, Ohio, over the weekend. Hit three wineries along the way. I did take one precaution with my Nuvi 1450, though. I was sorely tempted to upgrade the maps to 2012.30 before we went, but I stuck with what I had because I knew it worked.
Oh. It was about 115 miles each way.

Phil

The real kind of animals... not the Bozo's I run into at work!

Taking a trip with my granddaughter to the zoo in Toledo, Ohio this Friday. Gonna stop at Tony Paco's also...

to a section I'd never seen. Would never have found the place without the trusty old Nuvi.

next month a trip from Ohio to Chicago is on the planning stages. with a stop at the new Toledo Ohio casino. hope gramin can find the street address as I don't think it is in my 2 year old garmin map.

Just got back fomr the FOur Corners area. Trip went well. As always, the Nuvi performed great.

Just got back from Buffalo via Rochester stopped off at Lake George on the way home no problems with GPS with 2013.20 map installed before leaving for the trip, also no problems with lane assist.

Nuvi 765T

It is comforting if you want to explore an area off the route and can find your way home when you are done exploring.

When I go somewhere new, I download a map of the area from

http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/

This is updated and has more details of smaller streets. It has some faults, but you can switch between maps and chose the best.

Or find the casino on any map, find that spot on your gps, and save it. The roads have probably changed, so you may need to follow street signs when you get close.

Heading out to explore southern Ontario.

river in Arkansas

in 2 days. Not really a fun trip

heading back after 8 days in SoCal

My last trip with the GPS was to Paso Robles wine country and the Hearst Castle. The GPS did fine except that there was one POI (restaurant) that was no longer in existence. That's to be expected from time to time though...

Sold our home in Mexico at the end of May and spending the summer on The South Shore of Massachusetts before heading back to Texas to house hunt. The Garmin 2730 has been our constatnt companion since being "homeless". Couldn't have made it through this summer stay in MA without it. Leaving out Monday morning for Texas and "Gabby Garmin" will be leading the way.

Happy Monday

Did a trip to and around Baltimore over the weekend. Dodged the worst of the weather and traffic - google nav app performed fine, no issues or concerns.

The wife and I took a week long trip up through the lower New England states. My GPS was extremely handy in some cases. Especially when we were just driving around to see what we could see, and then needed to get back to the hotel. It's great being able to GET lost, yet not BE lost.

so will be leaving Florida tomorrow morning,
hammer down

Took a nice little drive down a country road today. Saw a new place to eat barbecue and enjoyed the day.

i love my windmill

If it was any good, hope you submitted it to Box Car for his POI file (http://www.poi-factory.com/node/15709)

If the BBQ was good, submit the location to BBQ Restaurants / Non Chain http://www.poi-factory.com/comment/reply/15712#comment-form

above, I used it to get out of Chicago after last week's Air Show. From where we were in Chicago, you actually go East to get to I-55 South.

2 day trip Jersey Shore and Delaware.

Just updated the new maps. It seems, at least in my area there are a lot more intersection views on the Tollway. Went down to the South Side of Chicago to pick up some stuff and as usual it worked flawlessly.

Going to the east coast this fall.

We put the Nuvi 50LM in my son's car for a trip down to Florida (1,220 miles) as he started college.
No problems...

The day before I was flying back home, he asked if he could keep it "just until I learn my way around Fort Myers".
I said goodbye to that 50LM, and now a week later I realize I miss it going to purchase another.

My experience has been that, once you loan your children anything, you will never get it back. One of the prices of parenthood.

Went to a baseball game the other day with the family.

It seems I'm testing the accuracy of both my 750 and 760 now. They often seem to be off by a block or two, and my paranoia is making sure both units are working.

Sad, but that's how I used my GPS the last time. I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry.

Rhode Island with my Nuvi 760

Made the trip south to LA (Calif) recently, to get together with family. The GPS helped us find houses we have not been to before, as well as finding gas and eats along the way. It was a good trip, and we were gone a couple of weeks.

haven't used the Nuvi even once

Two weeks spent wandering the roads between Bar Harbor & Ogunquit, Maine. Delightful scenery, weather, & fellow travelers. Anything to avoid some of the record breaking days in Washington!

Fred