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

NYC

Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Trees were just beautiful

Last trip was to a Coonhunt

To Goodwill.
At least the donations will benefit someone...

I'm going on a trip at end of the month. Any point of where to get the map of South Asia.

2000 miles (3200 kM) round trip.

Made two custom POIs to get Jill to take me the way I wanted, southbound and northbound. I had about 5 intermediate waypoints for south and about 9 for north. Each was numbered plus the city name, to make it easier for my wife to input each point. i.e. "1 Erie, PA", "2, Chaplin Hill, WV" etc. Since the GPS sorts by distance, you're not always certain, which is the next waypoint to enter.

American Jill did a great job directing, after my wife inputted each new waypoint.

Southbound I took the route south of Erie, PA and then through beautiful West Virginia. Had an alert for Summersville, WV, since it's billed as North America's longest speed trap.

Loved the mountains and the twists and turns kept you from getting bored.

Northbound came up I-95 to just north of Fredericksburg, VA and ultimately across the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Each route has it's pros and cons. Speed is more consistent on my north route, but scenery more interesting down through WV.

I had custom POI for all our key POIs in Myrtle Beach and it made life very easy.

However, I'm very happy that we took it one night on a "quick trip" to a Walmart. We'd been past it many times in daylight and only about 15 minutes and straight up 17. Figured I didn't need Jill's help for this. I was wrong. We accidentally got on the the ramp for Hwy 22. Thank heavens that Jill picked up the satellites quickly. Somehow, I picked a different Walmart and ended up on a half hour road trip, that ultimately came out fine. Never leave home without Jill.

Hope to go again, this spring or next October again.

Sometimes avoiding tolls can be more of a problem then a help. I did this on a trip back from Branson and it took me through the heart Gary, Indiana, which was under construction. I tried to avoid the Indiana Turnpike, but if I'd left well enough alone, I would have only hit a couple of tolls, which may have only cost a couple of bucks. Instead I had detours and delays.

If you're on a long trip, plan ahead and use Extra POI Editor etc. to plot waypoints that will take you routes that you want. If you leave it to the GPS alone, you may not like what you get.

Pretty much toll roads (freeway style) the entire way. However, I got my money's worth driving to a few ristorantes near the base and back at night.

My nuvi 760 helped me avoid at least a 45 minute delay last night coming back from Napa.

and we finally got to take the new bridge instead of the damn dam !

I had seen Better Traffic prefrences before. Traffic and avoidence are now controlled by vendor only.

I guess I need to up date my maps. Went on a recent drive. The gps was not able to find my location, but my iPhone was.

Our last trip was 500 miles from NC to OH. Garmin was worth it all the way!

Went to find a new restaurant in Downtown Chicago. I like the redlight warnings on my GPS, but on the Northside of Chicago they go off every block! Ugh!

Used the breweries POI file to do a self-guided tour of several microbreweries/brewpubs in St Louis last weekend (with a DD of course). That POI file was actually one of the reasons we chose STL for a getaway weekend. Before downloading it, I didn't realize just how many breweries there were in that area.

The most interesting discovery of the trip was the Maple Stout at Square One Brewery & Distillery.

A friend we're meeting went to a different location.

No issues to report and a nice fall day out to boot!

Came in handy for me to find a walk in clnic.

It's good to be home.

On Veteran's Day my husband and I were fortunate enough to stay at one of the Bed and Breakfasts that offered a free evening to Veterans.
http://www.bnbsforvets.org/

We used our GPS to get us to the Beech Tree Inn in Newport, took us there perfectly. Then the next morning after a wonderful breakfast that we shared with other Veterans and their families, we took a ride all around Newport.

When we were driving around I looked at the magnificent homes and said "Wow, these must be the mansions everyone talks about." But no, they weren't.
As we drove into the historic district we came upon storybook like brick and/or stone mega mansions once owned by the rich and famous. I was awe struck.
They give tours of these homes, but we didn't have time to take one.
The Garmin worked it's magic and got us back to the enormous Pell bridge that took over the ocean and back to Rhode Island's mainland.
It was a great little visit. I can't wait to go back.

I'm just guessing, but do you think the satellites were blocked in that area for security purposes?

used mine to find a doll house miniatures store in Cambridge.

Staying close to the house-- but did take Jack with me to the daughters last week- found it without problems. May go up the coast next week

My husband and I use the tom tom one v3 Over 2200 miles a week between the 2 of us. recently I have been to WV, VA, DC, DE, NJ. We have had others makes and models but they don't seem to last had 2 the screen shattered in. I only buy tom-tom because the maps are easily findable on-line (if you know what i mean??). not that the updated map is that much improved ever 4 months!! still missing a massive shopping center With a super wal-mart that has been there for 2 years now. 2 miles from here LOL

There has been a few times I wish I had it in the car.

Last time I used it was to find an address that I had to go to to fix a computer. Definitely not a long trip but a lot easier than attempting to follow bad verbal directions.

Wonderful summer trip to Vancouver BC

WOrk, work,work..

just picked up a used but in great condition Garmin Forerunner 201. Tested from Oakland to Sacramento. Will be using it strictly for my electric skateboard to gauge distance, so I dont run out of battery juice.

I took a trip to Washington State and drove all over the west side of the state as well as up to British Columbia, Canada. I had an awesome time using my 6 weeks vacation visiting the area, camping, fishing and just basically enjoying the area in British Columbia, especially Vancouver, BC where the Winter Olympics were held.

I could retire here and live here with it being so beautiful and peacefully relaxing there. If anyone wants to enjoy a beautiful place, the Pacific Northwest is a good choice.

Shanghai

...with free Open Source GPS Maps. Had no problems navigating even though the roads don't have signs. Just found the destination, made it a waypoint and the GPS guided me there. Had delays due to the heaviest rain in CR history wiping out some roadways but was able to get through to all intended destinations.

A different Hallmark store to find a specific Christmas ornament I was requested, because the one nearby was out.

I'm a pushover. I should've told them they should've turned in their wish lists early. I would have for my kids, but for my granddaughter? Yes, I'm indeed a pushover.

via Hartford and Middletown

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This past weekend I used ours to navigate around the Wilmington, NC area where our son was competing in a triathlon. I'm generally familiar with Wilmington, but being able to have the hotel, a couple of favorite restaurants, and the various places we needed to be already in the gps made it a lot easier to get around.

Found a short cut through some rural areas. It seemed indirect and round-about but was definitely faster.

Wichita, KS, from Omaha, NE by way of Ames, IA.

Lancaster, Pa. from Staten Island, NY

I went from SE Michigan to Skaneateles NY, the eastern-most fingerlake.
My uncle is a bit "old school" and says he can't stand GPS units. However, near Cleveland we almost missed the 80/90 split to the I-80 toll road and the Nuvi saved a missed turn and lots of lost time.

... and back again. The traffic didn't work correctly at all. I had better traffic info from my Android app. Other than that it worked great. Traveled about 2100 miles and didn't get lost.

someplace in Little Rhodi

Flew into PHL yesterday and returned home. While the Nuvi 760 performed well with regard to directions, the TTN traffic never picked up a signal. As expected, traffic was very heavy (~1600), but it was surprising that no traffic information was grabbed. Other than that, uneventful.

Reading Pa to balto.

Went to a show theater today.Had round about idea how to get there.Decided to let the GPS take me there to see what route it would take with the new map.Took me down a road that we had never traveled before and must admit it was like taking a short cut.Hope this is a good sign for the map updates.Past routing for some areas I have questions about on the old maps.

Went from CT to the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. 2600 miles total. There are lots of very twisty roads down there and the GPS provided great advance notice. The altimeter was interesting information. Can go from 2600 ft and 48F to 4800 ft and 34F in minutes. Also ended up on some dirt roads and the GPS was a help in letting us know when the dirt roads were going to end.

Had CN, Topo, and National Parks mapping loaded.

There is very dramatic scenery in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park area. Highly recommended.

Can't believe I missed posting anything last week....must be getting old..

We did a loop through Paducah, Memphis, Little Rock, Branson & St. Louis. I loaded in routes from Mapsource in order to stay on back roads. I like the lane assist when on the Interstate though. Here is a pic of the 1490 at work in Memphis.
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oops
Try this
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Had to get everything done early so I can ship them out on time.

Just moved to a new state, so we've been using the GPS to find our way until we learn where everything is.