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

Gorham Maine via CT, MA, NH.

Got me from MA to NY and back home - 5 hrs.

go to the grocery store six miles away. the wife didn't want me to get side tracked.

Newport,RI...Plymouth,MA...Cape Cod...Americade to Laconia ....no problems

Local trip exploring small towns near me in NC - Garmin makes it easy there and back!

I went to my cousins BBQ in central New Jersey

took a trip to end of north folk of Long Island.

Took a drive north of San Francisco to Ukiah, then over to Fort Bragg on the coast, then back via CA-128 to Cloverdale.

Yup, I'll agree. Was driving around with a garmin handheld (sorry, don't know what model it was) in Seattle and down by the water it jumped around quite a bit. Couldn't hone in on what road I was on... very annoying but I managed to get out alive! LOL

and my Nuvi 660 (albeit old) was a champ !!!!

this past weekend went on a drive to local malls and window-shopped

With a stop at Famous Dave's for dinner.

Used the Nuvi 760 and Google navigation side-by-side. Both performed well. Took a recommended route (google) on the way back - worked out about the same time wise as usual - more circuitous, but higher speed limit and fewer lights which evened out with the alternatives.

I used my 295w for the excursion trip, pulled by a steam engine. Using the pedestrian mode, my icon would jump from the RR tracks to a nearby street. Then jump back to the RR tracks...
I transferred the trip log track to Mapsource when I returned home. The trip log had followed the RR all the way.

We just returned from a round trip through the Okanogan of British Columbia. For those on the forum unfamiliar with western Canada, there are essentially only three east-west roads through BC: to the north is the Yellowhead (Highway 16), then the well-travelled Trans-Canada (Highway 1) through the centre of the province, and then the Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3) through the southern part of BC.

We took the Number 1 heading west and it was a REAL pain - RVs, transport trucks and construction This is a slow route at the best of times, and sadly mudslides and accidents made it even worse. The Okanogan route from Kamloops to Osoyoos can be just as bad because you travel through several major cities (by our standards) and the locals trying to get from Point A to Point B have to tolerate the tourists (like us) drive sooooo slow

But beautiful scenary, lovely wineries and good weather made the time in Osoyoos very enjoyable. The GPS worked perfectly, finding all the small vineyards carefully hidden on the local roads.

We came back east on the Crowsnest (Highway 3) - a much more tranquil route, passing through some neat little small towns. Traffic was light and there was very little construction, but some real long and steep grades!

If you have the opportunity, head out to the Osoyoos - Oliver area in southern BC. If you're into wine, this is a fantastic place full of hospitable and fantastic wineries.

My son and girlfriend were going to fly down to Florida from Southern Illinois. They decided to drive instead. Just jumped in the car and took off with the GPS. No maps, no look up on Mapquest or Mapblast, just the GPS. When I asked them what would have happened if the GPS went down, they acted like I was older than dirt. They are so used to never using a map or anything else and so far have not been lost or trapped in never never land. I just have to chuckle to myself.

Went to Cancun recently. It was fun watching plane travel so quickly!

Extremely Hot

A clothing store at an unfamiliar mall.

She went to the south side in Pittsburgh without her GPS power cord. She promptly called me when the battery ran out to find out how to get home!!! Unfortunately, I don't think a map would have helped her! It burns me up that she still doesn't think there is any reason to learn how to read a map. She is still getting one for her next bday present.

coming back from santa monica using a different route with the assistance of mr garmin

Navigated to the ferry loading dock in DeTour, Michigan, to go over to Drummond Island.

Went to Atlanta to go to IKEA, Dave & Busters, Trader Joe's, The Perimeter Mall, some friends and back home all in one day. It was an 17 hour day, but fun.

ATL for the weekend - worked great. Although, I think I need to check my red light camera POIs since I haven't received notices lately and I saw several while I was there.

Running errands around town.

About all I can do with my GPS is use it to route me to stores in towns I have never been in before. My work requires me to do a fair amount of traveling in the Eastern portion of my state, and a lot of places I'm not familiar with.

GPS is a godsend. Regardless of whether it was my 200W or my 1300LM.

Used the google navigation to/from work. Road work forced a change in the available options, but this was not updated in the navigation, at least not yet. Will monitor for any updates as the days go by.

My family and I went to Avila Beach CA for the Fourth of July weekend! Very memorable!

Found the beach in Grand Haven, Michigan. It was a beautiful 76 degrees and sunny. Lake Michigan was actually warm enough to swim in.

Visited Oval Beach and Saugatuck Dunes in Michigan for a short vacation.

As much as I enjoy and rely on a GPS, I can't imagine adding waypoints or routes just by using addresses or calling up built in POI's if I can avoid it. Checking as much as I can ahead of time via satellite view so very often shows a significant disparity, especially with rural addresses and national/state parks.

Went to a restaurant in Cape Elizabeth, Maine:

The Lobster Shack at Two Lights
225 Two Lights Road
Cape Elizabeth Maine 04107

43.56454, -70.19922

http://lobstershacktwolights.com/

Incredible views, incredible food.

Great Day.

Just drove across country to Myrtle Beach, SC. Nuvi 1350t performed wonderfully. Felt so secured with a good GPS

Just return from a week in Louisiana. Had a great time at the Paragon and Cypress Bayou casinos. Than went to visit my kin folks. My 3790lmt did great, no problem at all.

Just returned from from a trip to Alabama. Got a surprise speeding ticket in the mail with a photo of my license plate. I verified it was accurate with the GPX trip log from my Nuvi. Immediately bought a year subscription to Garmin's cyclops before discovering this site. I'm going to swallow the subscription for a year and then try the POI factory's. I hope to have some useful info for comparison.

No problems and lots of junction view in North Carolina and no problems in the Smoky Mountain roads.

Nuvi765T

It won\t take you to long in the comparison to determine that the poi-factory redlight and camera files are the best there is.

I am enroute from FL to MI and stopping at daughter's in NC for a few days. We went to BJ's for some shopping and just after getting on I-77 there was a massive stoppage. Luckily we saw it right at an exit so we jumped off and let the Garmin take us overland. Arrived shortly (5 miles) and could see I-77 backed up there. Finished shopping and it was still backed up. We headed back down I-77 and the backup going North still stretched past were we had started an hour before.

Great to have had the Garmin and avoided the long, long wait.

Thanks it sure looks that way. I just wrote a note to Garmin bec. I tested mine at a known speed site and it only works in one direction. The non-working direction
goes off a quarter mile past the speed camera on an off ramp. When it does work, it goes off way too late for my liking.

Miami !! South Beach was Awesome...☺

Used it to find my wayu around some back roads to hunt.

Just to Montreal for a week end.

get a new car

My nuvi 760 gave me some great spots to stop along the way.

I took a fairly short trip the other day. Drove to Sugar Mountain, NC for the week. While there, drove to Newport, TN to the Rhyne clock factory, to find out how to take out the movement and earl my grandfather clock and maybe see if I can find a Hermle electric movement for a wall clock. My Garmin gave accurate directions, but my wife got car sick riding on some of the curvy mtn roads. Also stopped at the Bush Beans factory just West of Newport.

Annapolis Maryland

I'm in Ft Myers this week on vacation at my in-law's house. I don't have my own GPSr with me; I noticed that their GPSr, however, doesn't even have their neighborhood (built around 2008) or connecting streets.

When was the last time their maps were updated?

Made a few trips with my new 2350LMT so it learn some of my preferences.

Went to Montauk, the Hamptons, etc.

Very nice.

Extremely hot Weekend. Hope this week is cooler..

DC to Atlanta. Used my wife's Nuvi 360. Worked like a champ.