Keeping the Windmill Alive - Where was your last trip with your GPS?

Just sent 30 days in Hawaii used my 650 every day worked like a charm. no only on the roads but finding many places to eat and things to do sure saved a lot of time and gas. And best of all got my wife to all the shopping areas

Going to use my Garmin to navigate from Tennessee through Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and into Minnesota to go to the Mall of America.

Gotta load new POI's, onto my SD card and update what I've got on there as well.

This past weekend my nuvi 760 and I drove to Wilmore, KY to visit my parents on Friday night. Saturday I got up and continued my trip to Cincy. There I stayed with my cousin & her family. We were up very early Sunday and headed downtown. There, equipped with my Garmin Forerunner 305, I ran in the Flying Pig marathon, completing my 4th race at that distance.

The race wasn't what I had hoped. I finished in just under 5 hours and I was hoping for closer to 4:30, if not under that. But, it just wasn't my day.

After the race, I enjoyed some well deserved beer & barbecue while listening to a good band. Then, back to my cousin's for a shower and back on the road. Let me just say a 7 hour drive after running 26.2 miles isn't the most fun I've ever had, especially since it rained the entire way home. However, I wanted to get back, there's just something about sleeping in your own bed that can't be matched. My nuvi got me home without a hitch.

A friend rented a car with GPS and was so impressed that she bought one as soon as she got home. She's using backroads, shortcuts and scenic routes now.

My last big trip with gps was in Southern Europe and I can tell you that was a pleasure, special in Portugal where the roads have different names on the same stretch of road.

My next is from Southern Ontario to Florida along I-75.

I am looking for speed traps to download to my Garmin 670 to save me from the Smokey the Bear.
I don`t intend to speed, but it is a good idea to know where are the spots Smokey the Bear usually stands.

I usually set my cruise to do about 3 to 5 over the posted limit. No tickets.

NY to Philly - quickest, and return - scenic - GPS made it a real nice trip!

It's POI checks every day to work & back for me; I try to take new undiscovered ways to work to learn where everthing is located in surrounding neighborhoods. I never get lost, but sometimes I'm fashionably late to work.

http://terrawind.com/index.html Scroll down the site to see some interesting vehicles.

If the traffic gets too bad, go by water!

Wonder if the GPS units will accept POI's that go through rivers and lakes?

Cruise control is not a bad idea.

Very cool. Good point about waterway navigation. Have not encountered that during my travels with the Garmin yet. I guess ferry travel probably generates some confusion.

My employer just recently blocked access to POI Factory so I am unable to post during my lunchtime. I was also on a business trip for 2 weeks and I lost my windmill

I routinely go on business trips to Tucson. Since I-10 is the quickest way between the Valley and Tucson, you don't really need to use your GPSr. But once you get in Tucson, having the camera locations can be very handy!

I have been using my new Garmin Nuvi 755T going back and forth to work. Even though I know where I'm going I use it for the traffic information it gives me.

My family and I are going on vacation starting Saturday May 16th. We're going to the Richmond, VA, Petersburg, VA area. I'm a bit of Civil War buff. On the way down we're going to stop at Arlington National Cemetery. I have the route already planned out on my GPS.

One little trick I found when planning your routes and wanting to avoid areas is to find the latitude/longitude for the highway you want to travel on instead (I used MS Street & Street but you can also get it from Google), add the coordinates as a favorite, then when mapping a route, enter it was a via point. I have the coordinate for the Tappan Zee Bridge in NY and then the Coordinate for I-83 North. Just using those two points helped me avoid NYC and then driving from north to south in NJ, both of which I always try to avoid.

I recently returned home from florida,1350 mi. I just can't imagine traveling without my nuvi. The poi alerts are great; if nothing else , they keep me awake!

gus b

Time has come to upgrade to a better unit. My toy Geko has served me well but it's really for hikers, not driving.

Last trip started in Las Vegas, drove south on US95 towards Needles, then took old US 66 across desert to Barstow. On the return trip to LV, I took a detour up US 395, then drove across Death Valley to Beatty, NV, and finally down US 95 back to Vegas.

Rode around San Diego local area on my motorcycle. nuvi 550 on the handlebars in map mode. Temps in the 70's and clear - great ride.

We traveled through TN, GA, AL, and MS.

Drove from Atlanta to Miami on the new Nuvi 265wt.

DC to Boston with my Garmin NUVI 660 and it worked great. The built-in blue tooth speaker phone in fantastic.

Here in Kansas city...

Most recent trip for me was in Seattle with my 60csx. No time for geocaching, but it still worked fine to get me from the airport to the hotel, plus around town.

New Mexico, came in PERFECT handy

And working just fine!!

Old Town Sacramento where I got sick from the lousy air....OH YAY!

panama city

It was a cruise to the Far East through out the Yellow Sea. No streets were shown in the cities, but it did show the main routes in and out. On the water, it always showed how far we was from land. It was interesting, but not enough to take, and keep up with it again.

With new map it seems to be very accurate.

Flew into Chicago, drove down to South Bend and Terre Haute.

Nuvi360

Taking a quick trip to Nashville, TN for the ATOASTTOTENNESSEE.COM Wine Festival. 20 Tennessee wineries will be attending. Also going to Trader Joes, Dave and Busters, and Opry Mills mall.

Also, going to test out making a POI into a TourGuide to see if it works. If it does, then I'll make some bigger changes for a longer trip later this month.

I drove from Chicago to Orlando, all the while depending on my GPS to find interesting stops along the route. We got there and back again without any unpleasant events to speak of.

While driving on Hwy 101 through King City, CA, many times in the past weeks, I noticed north-bound CHP were using radar to stop south-bound motorists exceeding the permissible 70mph speed. They would clock the offending vehicles and then make an U-turn through the open highway divider to ticket the drivers. The 70mph zone extends all the way south to the city of San Miguel. Set your GPS for safe driving when you are in the area!

To Tempe to hear President Obama speak at the ASU Commencement. Our Nuvi 360 kept going off like jingle bells! Seems like every other intersection in Mesa/Tempe has speed or red light cameras in place. POI file is gold, gold, I tell you!

St. Helena in the heart of the Napa Valley.

Not sure if you can enter a POI through rivers and lakes but it was funny to watch the GPS as I was driving over a new section of roadway in Providence, RI that wasn't on the map yet but went over the Providence River. I'm glad I had the Black Pearl for my vehicle icon. LOL

in Bloomfield, CT.....

I used mine all week while on business in Michigan. From Grand Rapids to Flint to Detroit. I love the features of my new 765T. The lane assist, junction view and speed limit indicator were a nice addition over my older StreetPilot.

Paul

Did you happen to notice that the all that new road construction is NOT in the 2010.1 maps eithe but it has been in both the on-line Google and Yahoo maps for quite some time now WHICH USE NAVTEQ 2009 DATA !!!

C'mon Garmin, get with the program !!!

Just as an aside from an earlier post. The GPS actually does a good job of using ferries. Try a route sometime from somewhere in MA or RI to Oak Bluffs on Marthas Vinyard.

On day 14 of our 27 day trip. 3800 miles down out of my estimated 7000 miles, 8 states driven through out of our 24.
Visited with old Navy friend, who I hadn't seen in 51 years, in LA. Visited Alamogordo, NM, Tombstone, AZ,Sedona & Jerome, AZ.
Jack has been perfect in his directions. Have picked up a few new Rest Areas and Turnouts for the Rest Areas Combined file and a couple closures.

A day here in Olathe, KS (can actually see the Garmin factory from my motel - not the reason for visit) - then "On the Road Again".

Next extended (4 day) stop will be in NH !

Back home again in FL on the 29th after a visit to Colonial Williamsburg, VA and the Wright Bros. Museum in Kill Devil, NC.

Having fun !

Daily for work; cross country travel as well.

Still working in the yard-- only another week to go. Then the clean-up and planting-- 2 acres of overgrown stuff! I need a rest.

Sounds like you are having fun.Hope to be on the road in June for Utah and maybe Las Vegas myself.When you get to Williamsburg you will be close to my location.We can get there in about a hour.It is a good day trip.Don't forget the Cracker Barrel there.

Had a great trip. Got to see my granddaughter and the Nascar races at Darlington. While I know the route by heart, the GPSr did help me while traveling through Virginia.

They are doing maintenance on one of the tunnels on I-77. We saw a large backup as we were about 3-4 miles away. We were right at an exit. I have gotten quite comfortable about just taking the exit, stopping at the end of the ramp and studying what my GPS says about the road ahead. It showed me a good route to the next exit. The next exit was right before the tunnel which it turns out was down to one lane. I was easily able to merge into traffic and probably saved about 20 minutes.

Flying to Germany for 2 weeks today. Taking my GPS with me. Hopefully the captain will allow me to cut it on when we reach cruise altitude.

Sure, I don't need the GPS to find mom's place, but it is definitely nice to punch up the bluetooth, call her, and look in the corner and say "I'll be there at 5:19".

Q

Our 760 took us to Higley Flow State Park in NY last weekend. Higley Flow is at the NW border of the Adirondack Park Preserve, about 10 miles SSW of Potsdam. We've been there once before and were happy to be back, even in the rain and cold.

I didn't have to go far but I wanted to see how the Nuvi 360 would handle the 5 corners intersection (It's shaped like a star). Man that intersection is messed up. Tim Horton's has it's own traffic light. Anyways, it did fine. Handled it like a pro.

Congrats CherylMass! With your original posting and those that follow, you should have 1,000 in this thread--fantastic inspiration!

Oh, by the way my most recent trip was to Taho, Taho Ski Valley, and the enchanted circle in NM. What a lovely weekend. My 660 helped me avoid the congested "main drag" like a local.

Just returned from Vanc - BC / Pac N/W...No problems other than lack of Sun...