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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Traffic crunches--
GPS paid for itself yesterday morning -- I needed to get to a downtown rehearsal. Plugged in the destination address; I knew generally where I was going.
About 5 miles from the destination, the freeway is grinding to a stop! I bailed to surface streets, my Nuvi said "Have it your way" ("recalculating" is so boring...) and figured out a new route, getting me to my destination.
Heard later on that is was a combo of lanes closed for emergency repairs plus those same lane closures causing a few fender-benders hat snarled things up for quite a while.
It's nice having someone along to navigate!
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"Jill" got us to each of the 4 Holiday Inn Express hotels from Houston to Massachusetts. Great places to stay from folks traveling and in need for a clean,comfy room with coffee makers/fridges flat screen TV's and a complimentary breakfast to get you on your way.
The amenities vary. One Holiday Inn Express had a "Manager's Reception" with free BEER & WINE and appetizers. It was awesome!
Originator of Keeping Your Windmill Alive. Live in MA & have a cooking website. 6 yr. member. http://kitchentoysmakecookingfun.blogspot.com/
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Made our yearly AZ to IA trip. Left near record AZ highs in the 90s to near record IA cold in in the low 30s. Needless to say, we're freezing our a---- off!
The good ol' nuvi 350 is still pointing us in the right direction. It's really given us our moneys worth.
RT
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just to and from work.
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The Home of BLUMARU HOUNDS
no where
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Sedona Arizona!
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Springfield!
Springfield!
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NJ
Just returned from a wedding in New Jersey. Great time!
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Trip
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Wish I could afford gas to
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Just came back from a week long trip in Dallas. My NUVI 3790 worked like a charm.
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BORING!
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no where this weekend
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sunny and 90 degrees here in
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This evening
to a hair appointment.
I didn't need the direction. I needed the ETA.
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Cleveland, OH!
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alive and well
in Barcelona, Spain
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Happy Easter
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We took ours to Europe last year and bought the European map disk. Found interesting places on the internet and then entered their coordinates and our hotels, friends homes, etc into our Favorites before we left. It worked great, taking us where we wanted to go and it had all of the little one lane roads in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany for us to explore too.
I plan to live forever. So far, so good.
Virginia
Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Norfolk. Encountered a few redlight cameras thanks to POI
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Gwen and I went on a weekend trip to Tunica, MS to get away from family, donate some money to the casino gods, and try out the new POI file I put into my Nuvi 200W. As it turned out, the only way to get away from family is to turn off the cellphones (not the best alternative). For sure we donated to the casino gods as the video poker machines continually refused to pay off for a pair of threes. And finally, the POI file (rest areas with special icon and reportedly hilarious flushing noise) refused to work. Still don't know why, it shows up under the special POIs button but won't "activate". Oh well ... I need to read some more I guess.
Anyway, had a fairly good time in Tunica and will try again when we collect enough aluminum cans to buy another tank of gas.
Gary Thompson
Cape Cod
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Vegas to Phoenix....
to the south rim of the Grand Canyon and home to Vegas! Great trip.
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Louisiana
Just got back from a trip to Louisiana. Left a little donation to the Indians. The only problem that I had with the GPS was that all of a sudden it wanted be to do a U-turn when I was I-10. It happen several times. Finally took the battery out and reinstall. It worked fine after that.
3790LMT; 2595LMT; 3590LMT, 60LMTHD
Miami to Barcelona
Miami to Barcelona, Spain
I'm doing Miami to Barcelona on May 7th via a Trans Atlantic cruise on the NCL Epic.
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Gary Hayman
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'U' Turn in Louisiana
--- snip --- The only problem that I had with the GPS was that all of a sudden it wanted be to do a U-turn when I was I-10. It happen several times. --- snip ---.
You must have just passed a couple of places that sold 'boudin' and your GPS wanted you to turn around so that you could get some and buy some 'cracklin' while you were at it.
Gary Hayman
Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-S, Prev.GPSs: Drive61 LM, nuvi 3790LMT, 755T & 650, GPSIII+, SP 2610, 250W; Magellan 2200T; Originator of GARMIN NUVI TRICKS, TIPS, WORKAROUNDS, HINTS, SECRETS & IDEAS http://bit.ly/GARMIN-TNT
iowa
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.
Iowa tried it, only ran across it once, everyone ignored it.
Question
Worked like a charm! Got us through places we definitely would have made a wrong turn or two.
Went on I-10 much of the way.
Did you mean I-90 or I-80???
now on a trip
half way thu a 4500 mile trip--- couln't do it without "DORIS"
U-TURN
--- snip --- The only problem that I had with the GPS was that all of a sudden it wanted be to do a U-turn when I was I-10. It happen several times. --- snip ---.
You must have just passed a couple of places that sold 'boudin' and your GPS wanted you to turn around so that you could get some and buy some 'cracklin' while you were at it.
Gary Hayman
That is a good excuse. Never though about that one. I should have turn around to see if it would take me to a 'boudin' place. Haven't had any boudin or cracklin in a long time. I might have to look into it the next time that I am in Louisian.
3790LMT; 2595LMT; 3590LMT, 60LMTHD
to....
Lincoln,ne
John_nuvi_
Land of Chocolate
Hershey, PA last week/
One more week, then headed
One more week, then headed for The Sault for a Convention
All the worlds indeed a stage and we are merely players. Rush
windmill
heading out to a coonhunt
The Home of BLUMARU HOUNDS
Home!
I decided to take today off, Happy Monday..!
Thanx BiLL Solomon
Garmin took me...
to my daughter and future son in laws new home in Newburyport, MA!
Originator of Keeping Your Windmill Alive. Live in MA & have a cooking website. 6 yr. member. http://kitchentoysmakecookingfun.blogspot.com/
I took a trip up to my
I took a trip up to my cousin's outside of Scranton. Never been there before. Used Google Navigation. I really like the street view that it gives when you reach your destination.
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AS always
Always on the Road Knowing where I've Been
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Clinton, CT. you will NOT be disappointed!
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Around town...
Around town...
Garmin c340, Nuvi 350, Nuvi 765T, Nuvi 2360LMT