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

I bought fresh corn tortillas at small neighborhood tortilleria for taco night.

Did some traveling in and around DC this week. Avoided the worst of the traffic going there by arriving around 10:30PM, unfortunately cannot say the same about the return trip. Hit the peak traffic and decided to divert to dinner before heading home. Google nav app performed well.

Our last trip was a road trip from FL to NC and return. We all had a great time!

going to museum.

Went to Palm Springs last weekend. The GPS took me a round about way through Hemet and San Jacinto, with lots of red lights along the way. Probably lost 20 minutes on that route.

On the way home, it wanted to go the same way. I changed from fastest route to shortest and it then kept me outside of those towns and on a nice, quick road. For some reason, it though the longer way (taken on my way to Palm Springs) was faster.

Goes to show that it isn't perfect, and some adjustment to your settings can help.

Been driving within 60 miles or so of home, but I might make a BIG trip tomorrow over to Lubbock -- about 90 miles! Oh how the long-distance days have disappeared around here!

but they're barely moving.....

Gorgeous day along the coast. Took a scenic route.

made a road trip to Maine

I need a vacation

Last weekend we drove from Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada) to Flin Flon (Manitoba, Canada) and returned a couple of days later. Good highways and kept our '11 Ford Edge at 113km. We have an Nuvi 1350, an Oregon 550 and Ford navigation, although other than having a nice map display, the Ford system is really frustrating and unless I am going a great distance I never use it.

I had recently updated my Oregon from v5.50 to v5.80 and found distance recording to be way off so I reverted to v5.50 and was interested in matching the Nuvi and Oregon. They both read the same after 780km!

On the return trip I decided to match the Nuvi and Ford. The maps always agreed, mind you in that part of the world, road choices are rather limited. Although both units said the same distance to go, they did not agree on the time. Part way home I kept note of the estimates.

at 5:00pm
Nuvi said time to destination 3+00 or 8:00pm
Ford said time to destination 3+55

at 6:00pm
Nuvi said time to destination 7:58pm
Ford said time to destination 8:18pm

at 7:00pm
Nuvi said time to destination +55
Ford said time to destination +66

By the time we turned off the main highway the Ford agreed with the Nuvi and we pulled into our driveway at 7:54 in spite of several miles of reduced speed due construction.

Nuvi wins!

austin, tx. the weather was great.
no issues with my 5 year old Nuvi 350.

Heading out to the one in Englishtown.

Just been around town, no need for GPS.

Cool Beans

How many miles did you log?

San Mateo to San Luis Obispo, CA

We drove down to drop off our daughter to her new apartment near the Cal Poly campus. This was a nice weekend for the drive down and back. Beautiful weather.

Hope everyone had a great last weekend of summer.

San Antonio.

From Chicagoland to McNaughton / Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin. Didn't use the GPS really, but did use my eyes. There were a lot of bikes from the Annual Tomahawk Fall Ride, and a lot of State Troopers, including a few on bikes.

Baltimore,MD to Richmond,VA.

Came back from NYC trip, too short, too hectic.

Used it a few weeks ago to find the doctor who would be doing my hernia operation. On Friday when ever I coughed or sneezed, I was wishing it hadn't found the place. Except for the bruising it's better know.

45 trips? I thought I was good with about 10-12. Been going since it opened in 1971. It has changed quite a bit! Loved the days when I could go in without getting my finger scanned! How the world has changed!

Went there last weekend, had a nice country back road drive. GPS makes road trips significantly more fun.

Just going to school and back home.

We left Michigan's Upper Peninsular, and are heading to Frankenmuth for Oktoberfest this weekend. Had a white knuckle drive over the Mackinac Bridge during the windy conditions. The bridge signs said the speed limit was 20 MPH for large vehicles, 30 MPH for everyone else.

No major trips, just in and around the homestead, and to and from work. Google nav working fine as usual.

for football game

Programming my weekend trip.

Reading, Pa Outlet Stores got there with no problems
Nuvi765T

Rochester NY to Elbridge to Albany and back

hour trip to our favorite winery

No long trips this week, just to/from work and in and around the homestead. Google Nav app working well - no major traffic encountered.

Visited the heart of Gold Country for the day. Excellent adventure.

For the races on Saturday.

Used the Montana and the iPhone with Garmin, Navigon and the new Apple maps apps.

The Apple maps app worked flawlessly.

Great Sunday drive today....trip to rib house

I have nothing to talk about

...the most confusing borough in the city. I've lived here for ten years and needed Jill to tell me the way to a restaurant.

Ran out to St Augustine Beach over the weekend. Great restaurant on A1A: Sunset Grill - you can't see the ocean, but OUTSTANDING food!

Winterize your car now before it's to cold and you scrape up your knuckles and blurt out cuss words...

We've eaten multiple times over past years. Enjoyed it each time -like it especially for lunch sitting upstairs !

The weather is gorgeous!

Had great weather and driving conditions over the weekend and into the first day of the week. Ended up making a short trip to Baltimore - clear sky and medium traffic, overall a pleasant early fall trip. Google nav app performed well.

I'm working on the other side of Houston from where I have been, and have many alternate routes to get there. been using my GPS to try most of the variations to see which is optimum.

I'm working on the other side of Houston from where I have been, and have many alternate routes to get there. been using my GPS to try most of the variations to see which is optimum.

Went to a wedding in Charleston, WV and then one in Raleigh last weekend.

Weekend travel into the mountains. I didn't use it to get directions. Instead, I used it to get the ETA and to get a sense of what kind of turns were coming up on the winding mountain road.

I drove my wife to a hen party at a state-owned conference center called The Lodge at Geneva on the Lake. It was a dark and stormy night and my trusty Nuvi 1450 took us right to parking lot.

Phil

a 2400 mile R/T motorcycle run to visit friends in San Antonio and back through ABQ for hot air balloon festival Garmin all the way with no paper map back up!