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

But I picked the wrong week to ride.

I encountered 29 degree air temperatures, before wind chill, in Wyoming et.al.

Had to drive slow, icy bridges on two wheels is an automatic E-ticket ride... so the trucks passing me whipped up water from the roadway which hit me as sleet/hail.

Brrrrrrrrrr

I had to go to fire brigade training in a new place so I broke out my trusty Nuvi and got there with no hiccups.

Got us there and back! We went the scenic route on the way up (2 hrs. 45 min.) and highway on the way home.

The weather was very cold, even had SNOW flurries on Sunday morning.

Going to try to go to Yellowstone NP again this summer. One of my favorite places to visit.

keeping the GPS on all time to flag speed traps.

Just drove back to Chicago from New Hampshire. Nice country there, plenty of trees and water....

I90 is rather in need of repair, really bumpy when driving a truck. I don't know how the 18 wheeler drivers can stand it.

Just got back home from a 2700 mile road trip from Chicago to the Outer Banks in NC. Took scenic mountain roads as much as possible. Had all my routes and POIs set up ahead of time, of course. Passed through IN, KY, a corner of TN, NC, then back home through VA, WV, OH, IN and back to Chicago.

Only had two hiccups with the GPS map not matching the actual road. Considering the countless back roads and scenic mountain roads we took, that's pretty amazing.

Actually, now that I think about it, on only one of the times we got turned around was the Nuvi map wrong. The other time the posted route signs on the road were wrong but the Nuvi was right. Darnedest thing I ever saw. Posted route sign said turn right; Nuvi said go straight ahead. We turned. Oh well, we only lost about 15 minutes until we figured it out and got back on track again.

I have a big trip planed but now I'm not sure if I need to take it... I got so excited about the new 3D stuff on Google... I started scrolling along the route I would be taking... 6 hours later and a very tired scrolling wheel finger, I reached my destination!!! Now I've seen everything along the way... so why go???

come October we will have a week of exploring the Southwest with friends that are traveling in from Alaska and PA. Using a Garmin 260 in a tank bag wired into motorcycle's 12v plug. Simply mute the voice since we can't hear it anyway. Sure beats the heck out of carrying maps!

The only problem I have had with a GPS in driving downtown chicago with the sky scarpers blocking the sat signals for a few seconds frequently. Still got me to the theater I needed and never had me go the wrong way... even though i know where the theater was at

. . . I new where I was going all the time. I did use it for traffic though.

Circles all going.

boston

trip through the Ace Basin... Lowcountry, SC

From Chicago, to Dallas, to San Antonio and back.

I went to a diner over the weekend that I'd been to before several months ago. The twist was that I decided to see how the gps built into my phone would get me there. The result wasn't too bad. It took me on a different route and actually caught me off guard for one of turns--didn't even know that a certain street existed! I definitely would want to try it again.

I just got back from a trip to Drumheller AB,I have the 2010.40 maps the GPS worked flawlessly did not take me over ramps went thru underneath as it should be,All working as it should now.

Have not been doing good about keeping it going lately..

im barely hanging on.

to keep it alive.

Made a trip here last week:

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/9209

Made a trip into Baltimore yesterday. Uneventful on I-95, but repeated lockups on the 760 while in the city proper. Annoying to say the least, but being somewhat familiar with the area, it was not a disaster. I'm guessing the the system was overloaded with data due to the local density of points. Would not have turned out well if I was driving through Boston!

Two weeks ago, I was on a cruise that left from New Orleans. The BP oil spill was two weeks old at the time. According to the ship's position information, we were supposed to exit the river and head due SE to Key West. However, due tot eh oil slick, we traveled south, then a "soft" 90 degree turn west to Key West. We didn't see any oil at the time, but it was interesting that the ship's entertainment position channel on the TV's did not reflect our true position.

Nothing major to report, just driving around the area with the GPS always on to inform speed traps.

On a recent road trip, I found that I could reliably lock up my 760 by selecting Where To, POI, Near:Along my Route. All the other options worked fine. Only the "Along My Route" option locked up every single time. I don't recall it doing that prior to the 2011.10 map update.

Just got back from Las Vegas trip and used car rental gps since I went lite for the 3 day minivac.

I have a friend who purchased a Garmin on EBAY that had the Europe Maps...he paid around $400.00 for it and when he returned [3 weeks later] to the US he sold it on EBAY for a slight loss.

I used mine to find a place to buy craft beers. It is hard to find places that sell the good micro brews and I am glad that it cam in handy as I found this place while getting familiar with the area I have relocated to.

New Haven CT.

By the way, JROZSNAKI, you may find this link useful for POIs relevant to craft beers:

http://beermapping.com/

A state park we had not been to before.

Heading to a NC beach in June. It is about 500 miles away. Hope the oil doesn't get there before we do or while we are there.

From San Francisco

to work lol

Me too.

Made a trip there over the weekend. A very beautiful place, and a great day-trip for me.

Ironically, I had a bunch of Target stores in my Fav and went to most of them this weekend. I should try that with Wal-mart.

Milpitas CA. Looking for Airsoft business.. too bad they were closed...

Had a golf outing yesterday at a course that I hadn't been to before. It was about 40 minutes away & the Garmin got me there. It didn't seem to take me the most direct route but I twisted through little roads with big homes on a nice day, so I didn't mind.

On the way home, however, it took me a different way, through the armpit of the universe. I got home, but didn't enjoy the ride. I guess it's good to fear for your life once in a while.

Arroyo Grande to Auburn, CA for Auburn International Triathlon last weekend. Garmin was great for navigating Auburn's back roads and downtown. Depot Bay Coffee was a favorite stop.

Thanks schmidwr - I'll check it out

Plan on a trip to Savannah soon.

My trip for a visit home to Washington this past weekend. It's amazing how many people still remember me.

I use mine around town all the time. I plan to use it for a trip to Northern wisconsin in July. i also used it last year when the family went to Disney World. I sure saved me from gettiing lost numerous times. I don't leave home without it.

i love my windmill

Leaving for a trip to New Mexico Thursday, so gonna put the Nuvi through its paces out there. Can't wait!!!

Do your suggest Yellowstone versus Grand Teton?

They are basically next door to each other, so visit both parks! It's worth it.

I want to have fun and visit parks too...

using my nuvi 760 with the latest maps.

Heading for Lake Tahoe and Lake Las Vegas in early June and can hardly wait to head out on the road.