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

Last trip was to the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in Hillsdale, NY. Got me there and back without and problems.

I just had mine last week in Chicago. After seeing my GPS, one of my coworkers is going to order one. (Will Garmin give me a cut? )

thanks

Currently have my new Nuvi 765T (thankful I missed the huge update mess) on a trip to Gatlinburg, TN. So far the map coverage on the back roads to our cabin has been impressive.

I went to up state NY for a day.
Is it just me or the 885T is slow?

Buffalo, NY

Nuvi360

I just got back from the above-mentioned trip, following a mostly Appalachian route versus the typical I-85/I-95 route between Atlanta and Washington DC.

-Dave

Fort Worth,Tx to Kansas City,Mo.
Nuvi 760 found many locations in the city.

When driving home from work, I always get the same route recommended by the GPS. It's not the fastest, but it's a good one anyway.

The other day returning from the airport, I kept the GPS tracking the route home just for fun. Then there was a construction at my highway exit which forced me to go to the next highway exit. This other exit by the way is also where I work.

The GPS got crazy.

I was now in front of my office and instead of the GPS giving me the same directions as I always get when driving from work > home, it kept telling me to take a U-turn and go back to the highway. I kept driving home the usual way, and the GPS kept re-calculating weird routes. Very strange behavior.

I am currently on holidays and have traveled over 2300 kms to Vancouver Island. Gps routed me thru some unknown to me roads but was right on track!! I will be starting on my trek home tomorrow.

I started again going geocaching last week, I was not using it (Etrex) because I did not understand how to use it, now it is ok, I found 4 Geocache this weekend and I like it.

Ok, so I haven't YET taken this trip, but on the 15th of this month I'll be taking my trusty GPS along as I drive through Galena and Dubuque, skirting the Mississippi. Very excited!

Las Vegas.

Though a short trip, our Nuvi 350 took us to the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, D.C. It's in the kind of neighborhood you wouldn't want to stop for directions, but a wonderful place to visit. There were water lilies 6 feet high, simply magnificent. They even have a beaver problem with the trees & have to protect them with wire mesh.

Was in the Boston area with my gps

I went on recent trip and left the GPS in my car at teh airport...I fel;t Nek'd all week....arrgghh

Enjoying the fall colors along the bluffs and hills. My Nuvi was especially useful when entering town from the east on the interstate. Saw some sights and overlooks around town and took a scenic route south along the river on the way back before turning east back towards Chicago.

A humurous memory was stopping in a very small town for gas. While I filled the gas, my wife was tapping away on the Nuvi screen to look for a place to have a quick lunch. When I got back in the car, she had decided on a Pizza Hut about 10 miles away, presumably in the next town. I said, "Is there something wrong with THAT one?" There was a Pizza Hut just across the street that she had not noticed and it wasn't showing in the POI list. Sort of one of those "GPS moments"... Look & think first, reach for GPS second.

I just used mine to find my way to Niagara Falls, Ontario. It was very helpful navigating our way home around the construction on RT 81 In Northern PA. 347 was a nice road and joe lick road was just funny.

I made a return trip from Charlottesville, VA to north of Baltimore yesterday. Based on my previous traffic laden journey via 66 and 495, I decided to take the northern route up 15 to I-70. Saw the "castle" along 15 (alerted via the Offbeat Tourist POI file-thanks!). Encountered a number of accidents and some construction along the way, and was routed through Baltimore (RT-40) vs. around 695. Traffic was heavy as expected on a Friday afternoon. Travel time was approximately 5.5 hours including a few bio breaks along the way. Very nice scenery in the country along 15.

Oh well... I still turn on my garmin every morning on my way to work, and in the afternoon from work! Its nice to see what the traffic is, on a couple of occasions I even made an alternate route!

Yosemite National Park.

what entrance did you use?

The 1st trip I made with my 350. My wife thought it was just another toy for me to play with. Went from Tampa to Biloxi MS. It saved me a lot of miles and found a few good places to eat. By the time we got back to Tampa my wife was in love with it. We just got back from Farg ND and Bloomington IL.
My wife got tired of caling the voice the "Little Lady" and gave her a name. She is now known as "Monica" hope it is not the only Monica I can thin of.
Every time we get out of the car, my wife takes the GPS with her.

Used my nuvi 760 for its ability to auto-sort multiple destinations when I went apartment-searching. A real time-saver.

Been so caught up in my new gardening hobby I lost my windmill

Oh well, the tomatoes & squash are good, and I even took nuvi on a recent trip to the Adirondacks.

Hopefully I'm back.

We're enroute from Peoria, IL to Paducah, KY to buy fabric. Camping on Rend Lake near Benton, IL. Garmin got us here and I'm confident it'll get us home.

Here i sit back at home. Going thru Calgary and Edmonton was fun with all the construction,Seems whichever way I was directed detours abound! GPS worked great,now get back to work.

Off to Denver, Ft. Collins, Red Feather Lakes & Vail shortly by air & rental car.

I always enjoy exploring the back roads thru the Rockies using my Garmin 350. I always discover places I'd never have seen by using just maps.

Fred

Just back from a 1800 mile road trip through Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma and East Texas. GPS worked great.

We just got back from a trip to Washington DC and Philadelphia. My Brother-in-law had purchased a 760 a couple months ago and used it to drive from Minneapolis to DC. We did not use his car in DC at all...getting around via Metro, but used it daily in Philly.

I was simply amazed by the utility of this device. We got to each destination so easily that about all I could think about was all the arguing and bickering that normally occured in the past while we were trying to find something.

We drove out to the Brandywine Museum and while the 760 routed us in a complex turn-around (likely due to a left-turn lane that was unknown to the mapset) it routed us perfectly to that museum and every other place we plugged into it.

I was so impressed I ordered a 780 for myself.

BTW the Brandywine Museum is excellent (Wyeth works primarily....NC, Andrew and Jamie Wyeth).

Reading Market in Philly, Independence Hall, Hymies Deli, a Cheessteak place on South Street..name forgotten (birthplace of Larry Fine...a Stooge), and Valley Forge National Park were all highlights of Philly.

DC...well everything is a highlight there.

Everything?

The traffic is horrendous, they have the second highest number of traffic cameras in the country (and it's only 72 square miles).

But I will say they do have great tourist attractions, all the museums, the national mall, the parks, the food and the public transit is absolutely great. It's a very tourist-friendly city but not so for the residents or those that commute in.

took my Garmin 360 loaded with City Navigator Europe Maps and found my way through the streets of Rome and Florence. Pronunciation of street names was really wacky, but 'Daniel' guided me just fine. Latest map versions did NOT have new highways in the Venice area, however...

housing prospects.

Took the NUVI 255W along on a trip from Montreal, Quebec to Kingston, Ontario. Thinking of possibly relocating there.

Had a number of properties we wanted to check out. Typed in the Postal Codes and civic numbers and the NUVI delivered us right to the door of each property.

Last trip...
Taste of orland car show...
Has the 02 formy out there showin' it off..

This weekend? Its off to another showcase show in Burbank..

My 2720 found its way down to the Duke Golf Course yesterday.

Drove to Delaware to visit the in-laws, plus celebrate my son's 1st birthday.

-Dave

I took a motorcycle trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was beautiful.

Just returned from a trip to WI. Even though we know the route via Interstate, the Nuvi successfully routed us around a traffic backup in Indy on some back highways. Also used the Wisconsin Boat Ramps POI to find a small county park/lake not in the regular POI database.

Just jot back from the running the Rogue River in SW Oregon. I used the Nuvi in the car and the Vista in the raft. The Vista was great at locating our favorite campsites and letting us know when the major rapids were coming up. and of course the Nuvi guided us in the car. Although we stayed in Cottage Grove OR on the way back and 2 of the three things we tried to locate were not where the Nuvi thought they were supposed to be. The hotel was a couple of miles off and a pizza place was several hundred yards off

The new 2010.10 version of the maps worked great is San Diego. Led me directly to my hotel on Harbor Island and from there to my different work locations with a hiccup. It did have some problems with finding some restuarants since they had closed and/or moved locations. Otherwise, I still love my Garmin.

Took the 765T with us to the Adirondacks two or so weeks ago. No issues whatsoever. The route was set to avoid traffic (which from Maryland is no easy feat!) and it routed us on a great alternative to I95 north of Philly and beyond, without tolls as well. Made as good if not better time than usual.

We also used it in a boat out on the lakes with no issues.

Oh yeah, did not drive there for a reason and would never even consider living there...but the whole mall area is jam-packed with must see museums, monuments and whatnot. Metro is the way to go.

I grew up in Bartlesville, OK. There is a small amusement park designed for kids from about 2 to probably up to about early elementary school with a number of rides. We now live in the Tulsa area (about an hour away) and just took our daughter to Kiddie Park. And I kept thinking while I was there... "the last time I was here, I was the one riding all these rides!"

My C330 did not seem to know Kiddie Park by name, but it did know the city park right next to it.

I had to take a trip to one of our satellite offices recently and I realized I didn't have any money on me for the tolls, so I setup the toll road avoidance and took the scenic route. Crisis averted

This isn't our last trip, but I thought I'd share this.

We're planning to head down the Alaska Highway from Alaska to Spokane the second week of September. The GPS will be a valuable tool considering the that we'll be traveling in two vehicles and camping in the camper as much as possible.

We used the GPS last year when we took friends down to Haines Junction to catch the ferry. We're using a Garmin 260 which has the Canada maps. The maps are reasonably accurate, even in the more remote northern Yukon. We have downloaded several of the POIs which should also help with the trip.

Wish us luck and safe travels

Phoenix to be exact.

Nuvi360

Chicago and Madison, WI.

Went to Richmond, BC (Vancouver suburb) for dim sum. (Bellingham is lacking in this fine food.) nuvi took us right to to one of many restaurants there (our choice, of course), and then back to the border crossing. The line was 50 minutes long, but at least we had a few left-over sesame balls to munch on.

Las Vegas

we just got the 765t, and used it to go from Santa Maria, CA to Napa, CA It worked flawlessly. I tried to do the check satellite but nothing happens when I touch the satellite strength meter.