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

NYC

ATL

went to catalina island. was funny seeing my car drive over the water while on the boat lol

Went to DC

With Garmin in car, shopping/store list in hand, we headed off to places unknown. It was a great way to quickly get around Atlanta suburbs to stores that we had no previouly visited.

New store that I never went to, my 1390T got me their with no problem.

Used our Nuvi 350 on a trip from MD to northern New England with the primary objective of spotting a moose. Luckily, we saw 3, a mother and 2 youngsters, just off the side of a road in Errol, NH on our second day. It was also fall leaf color peak time.

Buffalo Texas for thanksgiving at friends ranch outside of greater Buffalo.

I can't leave home without my GPS, regardless of where I'm going.

I'd rather forget my keys, Swiss Army knife and wallet.

Haven't done any gps updates in about a year. Boy am I slacking.

I haven't updated my c340 since I got it! (although, I've bought two new units since, so each car has a unit now. I haven't noticed much difference in the maps on each, maybe I haven't gone into some of the heavily updated areas, though.)

Had to take our daughter to Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. The Nuvi got us right there and found us some great places for lunch.

Had a great time while on vacation in British Colombia as well as the NE part of Washington State. One thing that I did realize is that when I crosed over into Canadian territory, the posted speed limit in the lower RH corner of my 1490T did not display while I was in Canadian territory and even after switching over to KM, it still did not show. However, the unit was still very accurate abd I wonder now how I survived all these years without one.

Z

Just got back from Newmarket. Took my wife to our friends place so they can get to the airport for a trip to Florida. Set the Nuvi 250 for fastest route (401 & 404) to there and shortest route back (Uxbrigde, Port Perry, Blackstock, Bomanville, then 401 home)

On the way home this evening, my nuvi 760 routed me around 2 major traffic jams. Saved at least 30 minutes.

Maui is kool....I may just stay here!

The Nuvi promptly got lost in downtown Chicago! I don't know if it was the tall building or what, but it showed us driving off into Lake Michigan and was telling us to turn on streets that wern't there or that would take us in the opposite direction of where we wanted to go.

http://www.motorcycleroads.com/routes/SouthEast/MS/MS_5.shtm...
Great road for Ms.
After follow 13 to 43 witch is a beautiful ride to Picayune.

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Just went to a new Dr. for an appointment. The GPS made finding the office easy.

new places to shop for Christmas! Sure beats using a paper map when you're driving in a new part of town.

made a new road trip through the countryside using only Texas highways and no interstates - routing first on the computer helped a lot and a GPS made for an easy trip.

to find an obscure address in New Brunswick.

Costco and back - no issues or problems, and surprisingly no major traffic jams.

Found a new place to dine at today.

Geocaching in a nearby forest park.

Just returned from a 6 day golf trip in Ft Flauderdale, Fl. My old 660 served us perfectly in finding the courses we were playing.

Bit tricky going through St Louis!

Use the old, trusty nuvi350 every day. Keeps us abreast of all the school zones, speed cameras, and red light cameras here in Mesa, AZ. Been looking to replace it; but "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Still going strong.

RT

I just returned from a three-week trip to my in-laws' house in Fort Myers. While I was down there, I had work a few days in Tampa and Ocala, so I decided to take the "road less traveled" by following US 301 and/or US 41 instead of I-75. On my way from Ocala to Tampa, I discovered some new RLCs in Dunnellon (which I reported to Miss POI!).

-Dave

As one of the millions of people traveling this thanksgiving my Garmin was worth every penny once again.

We traveled from NC to OH to VA and back to NC visiting family along the way. Garmin got most of the speed limits right, even on the year old map.

Note to others: I-95 has increased speed limit to 70 from 65 on parts between DC and Richmond.

As one of the millions of people traveling this thanksgiving my Garmin was worth every penny once again.

We traveled from NC to OH to VA and back to NC visiting family along the way. Garmin got most of the speed limits right, even on the year old map.

Note to others: I-95 has increased speed limit to 70 from 65 on parts between DC and Richmond.

Good news about the speed limit increase on I95.Just hope they move more South with the change.

Downtown San Francisco for dinner. It was great to see all the people and lights.

Chi town

Looking for a restaurant in East Boston.

Last trip was to Columbia, SC... using only back roads.

My Garmin NUVI 660 worked like a champ!!!

Do They still offer WAAS as an option..? I thought WAAS is a givin on all GPS, and there would be no option to enable or disable !!

Just writing to keep alive!

Cheers,

One more week in Maui, then it's back to the deep freeze.

Chicago to Indiana Amish Country (Middlebury, Goshen, Nappanee, Shipshewana, Bristol, Elkhart). Rain put a bit of a damper on the trip, but there were many interesting sites to see.

Highlights:

- Menno-Hof, in Shipshewana, a great museum telling the story of the Amish and Mennonites coming to America, their lifestyle, beliefs, etc. in a multimedia way.

- Midwest Museum of American Art in Elkhart, a jewel of a museum featuring Norman Rockwell and other American artists.

- Rise 'n Roll Bakery in Middlebury, nothing artifical, everything delicious, and free coffee to go along with your purchase!

- Watching boys and girls in traditional clothing (no jeans or gym shoes - dress pants with suspenders for the boys and dresses for the girls) playing baseball during recess at an Amish grammar school.

Lowlights:

- Amish food, except for baked goods (see above).

A UPS staffed location for a package pick up. I've been there many times, but not from the direction I was coming from.

i think it was to my cuzin's house 4 thanksgiving, i think.....

My hubby and I went to Reno for turkey day and I'm really glad we had my Garmin with us. On our way to Reno we were able to take the new bridge from AZ to NV over the Hoover Dam, but on the way back we saw a sign on the side of the road saying that there were major backups on that route. Fortunately all I had to do was use the detour button on my Garmin and we were able to avoid all of that.

just to work

Massanutten, Virginia

I usually leave my Garmin at home. No real advantage I can see using it in known areas. I do get redlight and speed cameras alerts on my Escort 9500ix but don't need them locally as I know where the cameras are located.

Am I missing some reason to use it all the time?

My nuvi 260+ is never out of my car unless I'm running updates.

The trip log function is always functioning and could be helpful in proving what your speed was in case you should erroneously get stopped for speeding or are involved in an accident.

Another use could be if your wife or other friends call you on your cell phone and tell you they are broken down and give you a location where they are. (which has happened to me)

Just how I use it !

TomTom can find a lot of the smaller towns and roads; but as I was driving, I often would go "off-road". It is clear the roads have not moved recently, so the mapping is not that accurrate. That said, it was still very helpful.