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

Detroit!

Heading all over the place!

When ever I go somewhere I'm unsure of, I pull it out of the glovebox and stick it on the dash. I don't use it all the time, just when I go somewhere I've never been to before. I do keep the Red Light Cameras updated, once I know where they are, I know and be careful in the future without having to have the GPS remind me.

Unvisited Places in southeast including Grandfather Mountains... Awesome!!

Mostly for Geocaching since a few months.

used it to cruise around Indiana and Ohio.

I just received my new Garmin Oregon 300.
It will be for Geocaching.

took me from San Jose to Lodi CA. Really saved me a lot of hassle getting around an area I had never visited before

Last trip with GPS: This past weekend I used it on the Tomahawk, WI Motorcycle Rally.

Omaha to Chicago then Route 66 Chicago to Santa Monica, CA.

Tried out the GPS on a trip across town. It kept insisting that we follow a road that closely parallels the Freeway. Coming home it was spot on. Learning curve for me is very steep.

Headed up to MD from VA last Thursday, cut across DE and over to Delmarva Bike Week in Ocean City, MD. Rode up and down the coast and just got back. The POI alerts from this site worked great!

I used my GPS for our trip to The Nations Largest RV Show in Hershey, PA.

And when I was flying on Southwest for all of the flights, my Nuvi 885T did a great job getting a fix and tracking me as we went.

I never realized how far away from the most direct path the airlines really fly. For example, my flight from Norfolk (ORF), to Baltimore (BWI), went over 90 miles west (vic Richmond), before they turned towards the destination airport. Had the pilot followed a more direct route, we would have been almost 15 - 20 minutes early.

I guess gate assignments and availability, combined with "air lanes" is the reason why...

No problems, avoided all the tolls around Chicago. If you don't use their "speed pass" they double the price of the toll.

Used the GPS to find the shop of the man who was building our new cabinets. It was kind of funny because I had a hard time getting the man to give me his address rather than instructions on how to find his house. once I had the address, I plugged it into the Garmin, and it took me right to his driveway.

I still get a kick out of the fact that everyone has not adjusted to the fact that a simple address is all we need now.

Getting ready to drive around some of the back roads of central Virginia. The "bread crumb" feature is great when you're just roaming around some place you haven't driven before.

We enjoyed the small towns from Tulsa to Flagstaff last year. The Arizona towns have done a good job of preservation. The Mother Road from Tulsa to Ok City seems to be dying a slow death. Just a few museums that resemble junk yards. At least what we saw.
In 1958, I and 3 friends followed 66 from Springfield IL to Ludlow CA. Ah. Those were the days. I owned a 1951 flathead Lincoln,

Traveled along I-95 in CT this weekend (hate that road!) into NY and onto Long Island. The detour function (not the traffic service) helped me bypass 3 separate multi-mile delays. Awesome!

used it to find my way around Detroit

The Duke Golf Course.

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I was in the Birmingham area for a few days last week, and got to drive on a 40-mile section of the future I-22. Only a few sections appear on my GPSr, so I had to turn off the automatic route recalculation function.

-Dave

Traffic is always a worry on a Sunday afternoon, but the Nuvi picked up the traffic signal prior to I95 today (nice for a change), and thankfully, all was clear - both ways. Easy and uneventful trip!

Took the GPS to Tucson. Other than some of the Mexican food restaurants not being there anymore (I do have to admit I haven't updated my maps) the GPS worked GREAT!

Just across town for an appointment.

I hope you had the Mexican Restaurant POI loaded in your GPS from POI Factory. I know of a couple of GOOD restaurants in the Tucson area.

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/20211

Since this was our second time up to Oriole Springs ( http://www.savorwisconsin.com/alllistings/detail.asp?recordi... ), we didn’t bat an eye even though the GPS directed us to take rural roads for miles.

Street air\festival with fire eaters in Rockridge district, Oakland, CA

My son needed a bunch of springs for a set piece he's building for a play. The local Home Depot didn't have enough, of course.

That's where the Nuvi came in -- where's the next closest Home Depot, let's go clean them out!

We visited 3 before we got the required number of springs, with the Nuvi doing the navigating.

Kingston NY - Sussex County NJ ...and back of course

You flew from Norfolk to Baltimore? Given all the time it takes at airports nowadays, not to mention getting to/from the airports, you could have driven for a lot less $$. Although it is fun to use you GPS on a plane, not that I ever did that because it's against the rules. There was a time when the max speed on my GPS was 501 mph but I don't know how it got there.

OUr last use of the GPS was an appointment in a nearby town.

We where in Sardinie Itali last sommer.

Went to a restaurant for the first time. It was on the original POI, right address. Strangely, it told us "you have arrived" more than one block off from where we were supposed to be! I had already crossed a busy intersection, and had to make a convoluted path to return to the right place.

Strange behavior!

Claudio (batera)

Atlantic City... Roads have changed alot.

THis happens to me occasionally, but usually with third party poi's, not so much the pre-installed poi's.

Beautiful scenic area.

Nuvi 760 with a custom route to take us from western Chicago to the resort via more scenic state and county roads. Avoided Chicago and Milwaukee traffic congestion. We had lots of POIs entered and hit most of them. It always amazes me that even the little winding paved road/trails in the state parks are in the maps.

Just got back from a quick trip to Crystal River, FL. Nuvi, as usual, made the trip so much more carefree without the need to refer to maps, and with the ability to locate places so easily. I don't leave home without it.

I have taken several trips this year with my nuvi 370. First we went to Los Angeles to celebrate our grandchild's birthday and returned through Phoenix to visit our daughter.
We then went to Minneapolis to a symphony where the guest musician played a Stradivarius violin.
We then drove to Elka Park, NY to bury my mothers ashes beside my father. Through the parks, A deer ran into the side of my Prius so I wished we had a deer avoidance in the Garmin. It cost the insurance company $7500 to repair. From there we flew to Ireland where we drove a car around the Island for 21 days. I had planned my trip and had all information in my Garmin. After following my path on the computer I found out while I was in Northern Ireland we walked on water for a day. GPS goofup.
After we came back we drove from NY to Los Angeles to celebrate our other grandchild's birthday. Drove back through Arizona.
Will finish the year with another trip to the coast and back. Am planning for next year.

My last trip was to Nashville for the day - went up to Gruhn Guitars with my son. The 760 was flawless and it was nice to see the map updates.

And I like the "Rest Area" feature...that was very useful

Old Country Cheese: N43.71028 W90.72148
Sunrise Orchards: N43.31763 W90.83117

2nd year anniversary. Saw Wicked at the Opheum theater and the next day went to Monterey Aquarium to check out the Secret Lives of Seahorses...

Our last trip was to the National Apple Harvest Festival in Arendtsville, PA, about a half hour north of Gettysburg.

Traveled from NC to MN for a 2 week visit with my aging brother. Used Mapsource to select the route I wanted to take, and travel my way. About 98% interstate highways. About 1200 miles each way, taking 18 hours driving time, and one night stay in a motel.

Seattle, Boise, Moab, Colorado Springs, Cheyenne, Yellowstone, Missoula, Seattle.

I set up a series of routes and my 780 was near perfect.

Only in Cheyenne did it get into a circle dance. Both the East and West interstate exits were closed for construction....before I knew it my 780 had me exiting and entering the freeway in an endless loop....sort of funny. We could see the motel though so I ignored Emily for a minute or two while I looped around. She seemed highly satisfied we made it....I did not hold it against her that she wanted me to do an endless U-turn loop...

Went to the Pumpkin Festival in Allardt, TN last weekend. Took the scenic route (shortest) route and not the quickest. Went through some very small and rural towns. Hardly any traffic, 20 miles shorter trip, but about 25 minutes longer. Loved it.

Got a big trip in November I'm planning and loading various POI's for stuff in TN, GA, and FL.

Not really a planned trip got my wife and my garmin, but she's taking a work trip to Denver, and I'm trying to get her to bring along the Garmin on the private jet to hopefully get a new max speed for my Garmin and the forums. LOL. She isn't going to do it though. She'll be with her boss and the CEO of the company, and it just wouldn't be really professional.

Went to Italy, Monaco, France, Sapin.
We were on a tour so only used the GPS a few times when walking on our own.

Used GPS in Rome, sat.off by 96 feet so it made it hard to know what direction to go a few times.

Used GPS in Venice. Started out just fine but when back in the small paths and tall buildings lost sat. and got lost. Lost for about 1 and a half hour but it was beautiful. When it turned dark became concerned but found an open area by a canal and received sat. long enough to get back. (husband not happy as I told him we could not get lost with the GPS).

Used GPS in Spain. Worked great. Found a McDonalds!!! Finally got to eat some real food.

The trip was great but don't depend on GPS for walking tours if in a downtown area with small streets and big buildings.

Also turned GPS on plane on the way back from Madrid, Spain. We were going 569 mph. Was neet to see where we were.