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

wife was in car she turns it on to go almost everywhere, sams club is ten minutes away LOL

I've also found the traffic feature very useful. But when driving in the Chicago burbs: I88, I355, I57, I80 I keep the cord hanging on the rear view mirror to make sure signal pickup is good to get ample warning, especially when approaching the city from fringe reception areas.

Spent 3 days driving around the Champaign-Urbana area. Latest map update now knows about the new exit ramp to Curtis Orchard.

Didn't think I'd get so 'addicted' to my GPS but now that I am there's no going back. #1 item on my Xmas list is a new GPS w/traffic.

Got to see Lane Assist and Junction view in action on my new 1490.

Got back for a short trip only to find my 760 (stowed in the trunk while I was gone) would not power up. Not sure what happened. I guess it's feasible I accidentally powered it on prior to closing the trunk, but obviously do not recall doing so. The trip back home was thankfully smooth with no traffic issues. After charging the unit via a USB overnight, it does seem to be holding the charge fine. As this is a new battery (courtesy of the Garmin recall), I'll be keeping a close eye on the performance in the coming weeks.

Recently took a trip to Puerto Rico (flew) and I took my Nuvi 255 with me to see how it would do in Puerto Rico. Although I didn't drive while in Puerto Rico ( my uncle drove us every where) I'd turn on my GPS just to see how it would do, it did pretty good except on one excursion my uncle to a road that wasn't even on the GPS map. I still have the 2009 version as I haven't updated yet.

Phillipsburg, NJ to Freehold, NJ

I'll be driving it tomorrow from South to North.

in Willimantic, CT

San Fran to LA

I know how to get to the college which is several hours away by expressway, but I always keep my trusty GPS in the glove box. Sure enough, the roads due to heavy construction caused us to get off and start taking rural country roads. The garmin GPS as always worked like a champ in getting us to the campus.

to Stevens Point, WI, check out the fall colors

We know the way, but the GPS gives a great "time of arrival" for everyone's for peace of mind that they'll be there on time!

I hope you had time to enjoy a brewski or two from Point Brewery while you were there

Went up Rt 95 from N. Va to Brick, NJ. GPS and traffic information made trip somewhat less painful.

... in northern California. It's nice not having to look up his address nor how to get there, as he is in my GPS as a favorite.

About a 90 mile trip, the last 5 miles of which includes 15-20 turns.

I did the same thing. I always use I-88 to I294 north to goto my work location. One day I had to goto Bellwood, but I automatically turned onto I294 north. Had to go to Touhy Ave to turn around. I didn't realized my GPS sound was OFF! Duh!

Last June, my wife and I took a cruise. After it got us to the correct place in Galveston, I took my GPS with me aboard our cruise ship. I was actually curious to see what it would do. I figured it wouldn't have any maps and would constantly show us in the middle of nowhere.

Well, it showed us right where we were. If I zoomed out enough, I could see the entire Gulf of Mexico. That was cool enough, but it showed major roads in Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Cozumel as well. I didn't need it to navigate, so I didn't see if it actually knew where it was going, but it was pretty neat to see where we were.

We are going on another cruise soon and will be in Key West. Since we are probably going to go deeper into the town than we did in June, I plan on setting it to pedestrian mode so we can find our way back to the ship.

Yeah, I'm a geek.

The traffic feature really came in handy.

I'm never alone.

Used it to get to O'Hare airport in Chicago!

Yes garmin works in Hawaii on OAHU and Maui, however there aren't that many roads on Maui to get lost on.

buy their complete kitchen appliance set. Whoopee! The wife is getting her stainless steel kitchen. Old Garmin took us straight there.

Asheville North Carolina and surrounding area. Wife and I went real estate hunting. Our Garmin 1300 WT worked great.

Nuvi1300WTGPS

Work, Work, work

San Diego to Redding, and back...for some reason, it took me off 101 to Santa Barbara, and back to 101..strange, but liked the drive!

I haven't taken a trip in a few months. I am SOOO ready for a road trip!

Not sure I want to mount my 760 on my motorcycle, but I will take it along anyways.

First real trip with my nüvi 3790 to Disneyland 2 days after getting it.

Just got a nuvi 1300. Had a c550 for several years and we are looking forward to a short trip to West Palm Beach tomorrow.

Brookfield Zoo!!!

Everywhere our vehicles go.

RT

This year we took 3 round trips from DSM to Phoenix to LA and back each time taking a different route to and from AZ.
The first time I let the Garmin pick the "Fastest" route and it took us interstate to the NE corner of AZ when we went through the mountains on 2 lane.
The second time I picked a road to Wichita and then cross country on 54 to I40 at Tucumcari to Holbrook AZ where we took the cross country roads to Phoenix. This was about 3 hours less driving time for my daughter lives SE of Phoenix.
My third trip I took the same route to Tucumcari but a different road after which was a bit longer but had less mountains, curves and trailers to follow and part was 4 lane. A bit faster yet.
Now I am planning my Christmas trip.

but unfortunately forgot my nuvi

GPS rocks, efficiently taking you to new addresses.

Efficient because even if not the "perfect" route, I don't have to worry about getting on the correct street segment for the address I want. I don't have to peer through the gloom at poorly lit street signs and address numbers hidden above doorways or on mailboxes.

We brought our gps on a recent wine tasting trip to Finger Lakes. It definitely made our driving through those rural routes easier and less stressful, esp at night!

How could you? I take mine even across town and here is why.

When I worked (now retired) my daily commute for 18 years took me 20 miles from my house, mostly expressway driving and on a few occasions because of traffic accidents I was made to exit unto unfamiliar streets and it wasn’t easy for me to find an alternative route on the fly.

Even if you knew the route to San Diego I recommend having it with you for those unforeseen detours on the road.

Smooth trip to Costco and back home. No major traffic issues, Nuvi worked fine. [Nice weather might have helped!]

had some guests in town and put in custom poi's for our favorite wineries to visit. My nuvi 760 did a great job as usual.

I took it with me to Myrtle Beach this summer, I flew there from Texas,. Its pretty neat to see where you are on a flight. I got nailed for a ticket driving the rental, If I had an updated map perhaps I would have noticed the ridiculously low speed limit. Left my Garmin in the rental car in the rush to catch my flight home. Fortuantly I have an old spare, but just bought a new one yesterday..

To an IHOP location across town.

A friend asked me to help him on a job. He uses a Tom Tom which was the first time I had used anything other than Garmin. I had a hard time setting it up at first but once I figured it out it worked great to get me to the location.

Used my 755 on the "Big Island". It did ok except when you traveled the back roads. We were looking for the Hawaiian Vanilla Company which is out in the boondocks and the Garmin had no clue as to where the address was. My wife used iPhone and Google maps to see Sat view of area and found our destination. To say the least I was dissappointed in my 755. If you plan on using a Garmin on the "Big Island" I would preplan my destinations and enter the coordinates as opposed to letting the system find the address.

Need to get stuff for my son on a job. Used it to find him.

Sent my wife to Great America in Gurnee IL took a route That saved a bunch from what I thought was my best route ..cool

I used my Nuvi to get from precinct to precinct on Election Day. Had a trainee with me part of the day, and he was sold on GPS real quick! Push "Favorites" and select the precinct number (I'd mapped them out previously), and hit "GO" -- I don't know the best way to get there from here, but the little box does!

He also got a kick out of the female Aussie voice, and the overall flexibility of the system. He's been contemplating getting built-in Nav on his next car, and now has more things to ask about.

Costco now having some Variety of GPS with life time map update and traffic.

Used my Nuvi to find a Halloween party at a house and town that we had never been too before.

Use it to direct me to a computer location I just found out about.

Phillipsburg, NJ to Norfolk, VA