Early adventures with GPS

Thought I would share a little about me to get these discussion forums active.
One of the first adventures I had using a GPS was when my husband handed a GPS-V to me and said, “why not let the GPS get you to your mommy playgroup.” This was quite a while ago, and the model I was using was not as advanced as the one I have now – it thought that someone’s private farm was a road that I could drive through.

I was very unfamiliar with the whole area and totally depending on this little machine to get me to where I was going. I had not used one before and had no knowledge of how they worked.

So I get to this dead end road – no cell phone service – and I had one of those freak out moments when you just want to chuck the thing out the window. I didn’t know that if I turned around it would re-route me to my friend’s house just fine. When I finally did arrive I was 30 minutes late, a little flustered but totally impressed that this little machine actually got me there.

After that, I have become very dependent on my GPS, and my girlfriends sometimes laugh at me when I turn down their directions. (I have faith in my new GPS.)