Keeping the Windmill Alive - Your last trip? – October 2013
Tue, 10/01/2013 - 12:28am
12 years
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In danger of losing your windmill?
Maybe you can share with us the last place your GPS took you and if you encountered any problems, or if you use it to seek out special places to go (like Thai Food, ice cream shoppes, etc.).
Anything to keep your windmill alive.
This thread will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.
~Angela
just getting ready
Just getting ready to start our vacation. Heading down to the Smokies for now.
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Likewise
Whenever I'm in the car, the GPS is on.
RT
Must be great minds think alike !!!!!!!!!!
MrKenFL- "Money can't buy you happiness .. But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery." NUVI 260, Nuvi 1490LMT & Nuvi 2595LMT all with 2014.4 maps !
GPS is always on when driving
Got that right! Mine is always on and ready for unexpected detours from construction, traffic delays, accidents, and so on! It's no good especially a traffic equipped GPS if it's in your glovebox.
Always use GPS
I always keep my GPS in the car. My wife had spine surgery and we have to go to a lot of different doctors and therapy offices.
After a while one office blends in with the others.
Without my GPS I would probably show up at the wrong office.
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things!
Trip
An uneventful round trip to Home De Pot!!
Went to the office.
GPS for traffic
Val - Nuvi 785t and Streetpilot C340
Friday
Have a great weekend.
My trip
Airplane from Texas to Montgomery, Alabama
Rent Car to Enterprise, Alabama, joined my brother and sister-in-law
Rent Car to Fort Rucker to see the experimental Cobra my father worked on.
Rent Car to Huntsville, Alabama to US Air and Space Museum
Rent Car to Bowling Green, Kentucky National Corvette Museum
Rent Car to Horse Cave Kentucky, visited our son and grandchildren and went to Mammoth Cave (September 30) just made it.
Rent Car to Franklin, North Carolina to mine for Sapphires and my sister and brother-in-law joined us
Rent Car to Maggie Valley to Museum - Forgot the name but it was cars and motorcycles
Rent Car to Travelers Rest, South Carolina and Greenville, South Carolina, visited several State Parks
Airplane back to Texas from Greenville South Carolina
Long trip and tired but it was nice.
Mary, Nuvi 2450, Garmin Viago, Honda Navigation, Nuvi 750 (gave to son)
Work/Groceries/Pharmacy
Nothing special last week, hit the necessities and tried to stay dry!
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Good Evenin' everyone.
You can walk a horse to water, but a pencil has to be led.
Trip South
Every September, we head south. We're not snowbirds but are just trying to extend the summer a bit.
Headed down through Wendover to see the Speed Trials on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Sadly, it had rained and the sessions were cancelled. From there it was down to St. George for some golf, and then on to Vegas for some sun and fun!
Always find it funny watching the TV weather reports in Vegas. They call the overnight temperatures of late September (65 - 70 degree Fahrenheit) "cool". We know that as we head back, we'll be hitting snow in Idaho and Montana. And when we get home, winter is just around the corner
My Last Trip was.....
Baltimore, MD to Dover, DE.
RKF (Brookeville, MD) Garmin Nuvi 660, 360 & Street Pilot
Tennessee
Tennessee
Kingston, Tennessee
Heading out to Naples FL>>
for a wedding...
"You can't get there from here"
just got back
...from the Long Beach Marathon.
From Long Island to Cortland, NY and back
NYC traffic is hideous. In ideal conditions, it's about 4 hours one way. Last Friday, the trip took 7. Ugh! On the way back, I did hit a couple of road blocks, but 'The Bitch' (my nickname for my nuvi!) recalculated and actually steered me onto a great alternative for I-80/95 northbound over the George Washington Bridge. God bless route 4! Cheap gas, P stop and leg stretch before the final pull homeward. She directed me down Route 17 when there was a log jam on I-81 southbound past Binghamton. She then told me to bounce off of the Thruway approaching the Tappan-Zee and onto the New Jersey Turnpike, then Route 4. The return trip even with the miles of red eye ahead of me in the NY metro area only took 5 hours. Not bad for a Sunday evening!
Striving to make the NYC Metro area project the best.
Boston - Westfield, MA
No issues and FYI travelled through several local school zones during prime time: no alerts on my 2595.
"Primum Non Nocere" 2595LMT Clear Channel and Navteq Traffic
Getting Things
Together for our Fall trip to Ga and Ky and than to Maryville, Tn and than home.
3790LMT; 2595LMT; 3590LMT, 60LMTHD
Ottawa to Lake Placid
Great weather, lane assist/junction view showed up on my Nuvi 855 after updating to 2014.20.
No problems with route...EXCEPT
The route on the return to Ottawa wanted to send me through Massena/Cornwall. Understandable because it gets you to 4-lanes faster. But I wanted to go through Ogdensburg/Prescott. It kept insisting on either the Cornwall bridge or the 1000 Island Bridge. It got so ridiculous that I was within 1 mile of the Ogdensburg bridge and it still tried to route me 80 miles out of the way to the other bridges instead of driving 1 mile to cross the St. Laurence. All bridges charge a toll so it was not 'avoid toll roads'.
Strange indeed.
If at first you don't succeed....redefine success
felt up some cantaloupes
in the produce aisle at Ralphs...
Windmill
Orillia to find an address of a friend.
The Home of BLUMARU HOUNDS
They have any sisters?
in the produce aisle at Ralphs...
Striving to make the NYC Metro area project the best.
Just errands
Just running errands around the area.
Garmin Nüvi 265W
Windmill
In the windmills of your mind.
We have friends from AK visiting and...
the little Nuvi has guided us all around town to places they wanted to see!
Miami Fort Myers
Took a day trip from Miami to Fort Myers. Garmin 3597 took me ther flawlessly even told me placed to look for when making my turn, Like turn right before the Walgreens
Heading for Motown
Heading for Motown
NickJr Nuvi 3597LMT
Bettendorf Iowa
90 miles round trip in my old pick-up. A lady donated enough supplies to fill 500 shoe boxes of gifts for kids all over the world. Our church kids will fold & fill the boxes this week.
My 1490 had the geo-coded address within 20 feet.
1490LMT 1450LMT 295w
2000 miles
and only one minor glitch. While in Las Vegas the GPS was showing I should bear left. Of course my exit from I-515 to I-15 came up right after I this bear left and had to get off at the next exit and head back. Note to self, turn the volume back up once you start heading off on your journey.
Drivesmart 66, Nuvi 2595LMT (Died), Nuvi 1490T (Died), Nuvi 260 (Died), GPSMAP 195
Florida Panhandle / Mobile Bay
Destin, FL and Mobile, AL
Phoenix
Driving around the Phoenix Metro area. Beautiful weather!
RT
"Internet: As Yogi Berra would say, "Don't believe 90% of what you read, and verify the other half."
Atlanta....
Just got back from visiting old friends just outside of Atlanta, GA. Hadn't seen them in over 8 years. Good time was had by all.....
getround - Nuvi 750 - Nuvi 3597LMTHD
Went camping
Went camping
Windmill
Traveled around Toronto.
The Home of BLUMARU HOUNDS
San Jose to Fresno
Had to go there on business this week.
Nuvi 3597 LMT
2500 miles with 3597
Made a round trip from Atlanta with stops in Vicksburg, Fort Worth, San Antonio, New Orleans, and Fort Walton beach. Around 2500 miles in 11 days relying on the 3597.
not the last
But the trip to come soon!
Using Android Based GPS.The above post and my sig reflects my own opinions, expressed for the purpose of informing or inspiring, not commanding. Naturally, you are free to reject or embrace whatever you read.
Garmin 2595
My new Garmin 2595 stays on most of the time. I even use it at work and love the Voice Command feature.
My last trip took me from
My last trip took me from eastern New Mexico over to Fort Worth, Dallas, and then south to Houston. Next, went to San Antonio, on to Midland, and finally back to eastern New Mexico. Three days, 1500 miles.
KD5XB in DM84
Round Trip to Hershey
We did our annual trip to the big car flea market and show in Hershey PA 2 weeks ago. Even though we have made the trip many times I still like using the 2460 to let me know where I am. We did take a slightly different route to avoid a backup and it may become our new route. The GPS indicated it to be slightly closer but slower, but it turned into a pleasant road and kept us off a busy Interstate.
But the sad part is it marks the end of our camping season. The camper was removed from the truck and tucked into storage till next April. We have Holiday trips planned but not the same when you don't take your home along.
Used the little Nuvi to...
find the place downtown where the Police were holding their annual K-9 competition. Great show by the dogs!
Back after shutdown
Back after shutdown
Thanx BiLL Solomon
sunday
Sunday drive to Westlake OH
Just local
Just use around town, county adding more red lights photo.
Nuvi 50LM Nuvi 2555LM
To the doctor and back
Feels great to just say, "Voice command. Go home."
windmill
...just back from a run.
Florida Finder's Fest
Off to the big Geocaching event in the Ocala National Forest this weekend.
Great America
Fright Fest - Last Friday
Gurnee, IL
Boo.
Wait a minute... who am I here?
The Garmin did not fail >>>
for a wedding...
to glitch...told me to get off I95 at exit 180 in NC heading north, take the access road back onto I95 .4 miles later...glad I made it to Naples FL and not Naples Italy
"You can't get there from here"
Trip to OC
My last trip using the GPS was to Orange County, CA to my daughter's house. I know the way very well but use it to keep an eye on traffic. It's actually better than trying to get traffic from KNX News 1070. KNX reads the traffic super fast and speaks in tongues, so unless you are a resident, you probably can't understand what they are saying. They do slow down plenty to ready their commercials though. LOL