Keeping the Windmill Alive - Where was your last trip with your GPS?
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If anyone is in danger of losing their windmill, maybe you can share with us the last place your GPS took you and if you encountered any problems, or if you use it to seek out special places to go. (Like Thai Food, ice cream shoppes, etc.) Anything to keep your windmill alive 
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This isn't my last trip, but I thought I'd share this.
My sister and her husband just got back from England and Scotland. Before they left they purchased a Nuvi 270. She said it saved their marriage.
With absolute accuracy, it took them down old dirt wagon roads and goat paths until they reached their destination - an old English cottage in the middle of no where that belonged to an old aunt. I saw the pictures of these four ft. wide dirt roads and was amazed that a GPS even knew they existed.
The GPS also was a big help in city driving as well.
After much debate, they were truly happy with their decision to buy it for this trip. She said the could have rented one for $20 a day out there and they stayed 20 days. Considering they paid $400 for it here in the US, it paid for itself. My sister said that if she never used it again, she got her monies worth!
(Being a golfer and a motorcycist, I'm sure she'll be using it again, and again.)
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Minneapolis.
Minneapolis.
Orlando, FL
and it was rainy and cold. Just my luck.
-Garmin Nuvi 760 & 765T-
MD
Lexington Park
non-native nutmegger
RUGBY, RUGBY, and more RUGBY
CAL 62, Claremont Colleges 7, now 22-0
Cumulative score at 1399-97.
Happy Monday
Happy Monday to all..!
Thanx BiLL Solomon
sick all weekend
didnt go no where to use the gps
Long walk
Today I used my Etrex Venture HC to measure time and speed during a walk down by the creek and up through Mary Hall park.
trip
St. Charles, Matteson, Forest Park, all in one day.
Always on the Road Knowing where I've Been
windmill
used it to find a mineral and gem. show.
The Home of BLUMARU HOUNDS
Baltimore and Back
Took at drive on I95 south of Baltimore, then back up north later in the day. Heavy traffic and Nuvi 760 warned me.
Also of note, the Android navigation running in parallel on my phone provided slightly differing options for a few stretches of the drive. Will need to dig into that a little more to see how the optimization is setup.
Buffalo, NY
It's raining today
Paris, France.
Paris, France.
Garmin III+, Magellan 3100 Maestro, Garmin Nuvi 255WT
For work
Horseheads NY and back.
Nuvi 2460LMT.
Local
Just around town. Saved me big time yesterday when traffic was backed up on a local highway. provided a better route based on traffic delay!
Garmin c340, Nuvi 350, Nuvi 765T, Nuvi 2360LMT
running errands
using the GPS to run errands around town. working well.
Garmin Nüvi 265W
Wedding
Went to a wedding in the middle of nowhere in TN and without GPS, I wouldn't have found it. Five cars followed me as I left since they did not have GPS... no idea how they got there in the first place.
Roadside Attractions
Took my daughter to some of the RoadsideAmerica.com attractions in Georgia. Then took her to Memphis and then Mobile. Garmin found everything, right on target.
At Least The Government didn't shutdown
At Least The Government didn't shutdown.
Happy Monday
Thanx BiLL Solomon
spending an extra hour on a route
Spent an extra hour on a route because the wife stated "we need to follow the GPS" rather than taking the more direct route. Coming home was much faster.
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Use it to find location in
Use it to find location in another county.
Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
Last trip
Northern Chicago suburbs to Carbondale, Il. Once you get out of Chicago it is a straight shot, but getting on the correct highway initially is a bit confusing for me.
Dudlee
To find store locations
We were looking for Tuesday Morning Store locations in the Houston area. Once located, hit "Go"!
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used gps to get to concord,
used gps to get to concord, ca to pick up a weight bench from a wholesale surplus guy... too bad the box had the wrong product in it... dam it!
DC to NYC
Drove from DC to NYC with my Nuvi 660, and it worked like a charm. What a great device !!!
RKF (Brookeville, MD) Garmin Nuvi 660, 360 & Street Pilot
This week
Joliet, Forestview, Oswego....
Always on the Road Knowing where I've Been
Mileage
I used the GPS to get the mileage for some of the Dr.'s offices for medical on taxes today.
This worked great to find the mileage.
i love my windmill
i love my windmill
DriveSmart 50, DriveSmart 60, nuvi 2595, nuvi 3760,
Last Trip London
From Baltimore to London. Nuvi 760 worked great until the Atlantic Ocean got involved! LOL
nuvi' 2450
Out into the desert in CA and AZ
We take a group from our neighborhood (we're all over 60!) out 4 wheeling into the desert each Wednesday, and I use my Garmin to "track" where we go. When we get back I post our tracks on my computers Google Earth, and email the new track to everyone that went, so they can see where we were on their Google Earth.
Everyone loves it!
Long Trip?
Yes indeed. Retired, and the wife and I rode Alaska in July 2009. Including the Dalton Hwy "Haul Road" north to ANWR. 6K miles.
In 2010 we rode the southeast U.S., about 5K miles. Both rides on our 2005 Harley Softail.
This year we are on our Harley Trike riding to the rest of the National Parks in the Lower 48. 24K miles, April thru August. Done 4K miles and 400 pictures.
We stop and "smell lots of roses" along the way and are in no rush to enjoy this great country.
Thanks to all who have submitted POI files.
back to Niantic
from Hartford CT
non-native nutmegger
First post in awhile
Been away for a year or so, went to the phoenix area and found my speed camera file wasn't up todate. So today I subsribed for a year and got my updates....
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong. -Sophocles snɥɔnıɥdoɐ aka ʎɹɐƃ
staying alive....
nothing major to report. Just keeping alive.
Garmin Nüvi 265W
to Orlando
and back, without a hitch. GPS is a great gadget.
-Garmin Nuvi 760 & 765T-
San Jose to Modesto
Worked great. Bypassed a major traffic jam on the way home. Still love my nuvi 760
Nuvi 3597 LMT
Baltimore and Back
Nuvi 760 performed well. The only issue I ran into was a stalled bus stopped in the roadway - that must have just happened before we arrived. Heavy traffic, but moving.
RUGBY, RUGBY, and more RUGBY
Skipped a few but most recent
CAL 87, UC Santa Cruze 24. CAL now 25-0 with a cumulative score of 1567-176
multiple cities in CO, CA, and WA
My GPS had a great workout last week, as I had to travel to Denver, Orange County (CA), and Seattle all within 4 days.
last trip
Miami to Barcelona, Spain
John_nuvi_
those are some tough roads
Miami to Barcelona, Spain
How'd it do with the "underwater" part?
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Walmart which is so new that it doesn't show up in Google Street View. Cornelius, Oregon.
Michael (Nuvi 2639LMT)
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Walmart which is so new that it doesn't show up in Google Street View. Cornelius, Oregon.
Add it to the POI here.
nüvi 3790T | Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable ~ JFK
jersey for work
I occaisionally work in new jersey and the jug handle left turns drive me crazy. My Garmin sometimes gets it right, but mostly of the time I find myself taking creative Uturns.
I program it everywhere I
I program it everywhere I go... I usually like to see the time it says I will be there when I leave and try to keep on that time..It can be difficult at times with all the traffic lights and slower (and bad) drivers out there... It just makes a game out of sitting in your car...
Just came back from a trip
Just came back from a trip to San Luis Obispo and Arroyo Grande along the California coast. GPS came in handy on these two lane country roads in the rural part of San Luis Obispo looking for a friend's house.
nüvi® 3790LMT
Just Got one over the weekend
Thanx BiLL Solomon
Buffalo
Buffalo, Texas not the NY one. Found out that a 2 hour trip can become a 4 hour trip when your wife's GPS is set to avoid highways (I45) and traffic. After reconfiguring, we were back to getting home a 7 instead of the back road estimate of 9.
Nuvi 750 and 755T
cherry blossom festival
In JapanTown SF
shoulda just used the backroads.. it was jam packed with cars..
forget about GPS
In JapanTown SF
shoulda just used the backroads.. it was jam packed with cars..
In SF? I would rather take MUNI. It is faster, no parking to worry about, and it goes everywhere.
Work
As always, work work work
Always on the Road Knowing where I've Been