Travel stories

iN 2007 I purchased a SD for the western US,to use off road hiking. In 2008 when vacationing it would just flash the topo info momentarily then not show the actual topo. Is this due to not updating? Like others on this forum I spent 70$ plus for the disc which I only need to use when vacationing in the west.

I haven't traveled outside of the US since I got my Nuvi 680. In February, I'm going to Egypt and I was wondering if anyone can tell me where the limits of the North American mapping end. I was thinking about trying to track my progress on the plane, but wasn't sure where I would leave the map limits. Has anyone tried it on a trip to Europe?

Greeting from "Down Under". Am in the process of returning to Los Angeles in a few hours and wish I had a GPS to help when we were wondering around Sydney.
JeffSh

Realized that my Nuvi 650 is limited due to the fact that it only comes with maps of North America. We are "Down Under" for several weeks and a map of the Sydney area would have been a help when we are traveling around in the city.
JeffSh

I often read how many poi's we all load and how we categorize them etc. Lets hear from fellow users how helpful they are and how often they come into play when traveling. I find great fun in my 660 announcing the upcoming poi while traveling. Has anyone had a poi anniuncement play an important role in one of their travels??

gusb

Traveled through Denmark this summer with an HP GPS I borrowed from my relatives over there. It made our trip very enjoyable, not having to focus on map details for driving around in strange territory. With the GPS at my side I was never worried about getting lost. I was so impressed that I had to get a GPS of my own when we returned to the USA. Purchased a Nuvi 750.

Maybe this discussion can spark other peoples interest for new trips that they did'nt know that existed.

Maybe anyone traveling through Texas should download the speed trap POI, a friend from Yuma just got a warning ticket for doing three over the limit.

Last weekend my family was in Chicago. My daughter goes to college there and it was our first chance to see her and see some sites downtown. I had my Nuvi 200W in pedestrian mode and used it most of the weekend to navigate around town.

Well i came back from Arizona on Saturday. I flew into Buffalo. Picked up my truck and set my gps to "Home" and started driving. After about 10 kilometers or so i got the feeling i was going the wrong way! So i pressed the bottom right of screen to see the turn by turn and realized i was going way out of my way. So i typed in my address this time. Same thing happened!! Now I'm like what the!!

Left St. Louis on Sep. 5, flew into LAX, and from there, drove up to Monterey/Carmel and stayed 3 nights. Asked the steward on AA if GPS's were allowed. He asked the pilot and the answer was no. My StreetPilot worked flawlessly around LA, Red Light cameras were dead on.

Traveling to Belize, Central America in the next two weeks then Cancoon, Mexico followed by Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. I also Travel China. I have a nüvi 670 so i'm all in for the US and Canada where I also live and travel. Not a lot of use yet for maps of Europe. Any thoughts for maps that I don't have to unfold for the other areas?

Just got back from Virginia to Michigan. Did a trip to help my Daughter move. I took my Garmin 750 and I am tickled to death over it's performance!

Friday afternoon Jon and I took our kids and headed for the hills. We went with another family on our once a year camping trip. This year we picked Idaho City and only stayed Friday and most of Saturday.

Our kids start school tomorrow so we wanted to have Sunday to catch up on work and be fully rested for the first day back.

I'm planning to take my Garmin nüvi 750 along for my scuba live aboard cruise in the Caribbean. It's going to be fun to see where we go. I just hope that my lower-deck cabin still lets the signal get through.

-Rob

i knew it all along, but now confirmed. i am on vacation in Destin Fl and using my nuvi 680. i input my condo as destination and twice was told to turn into a non-existing street , which happens to be a gated community - unless it was a road before some developer changed it to a gated community.

Just wondering if anyone else on POI-Factory went to this show last weekend (8/1&2)?? It was my first visit there and we had a great time. Lots of good music, a beautiful venue right along Long Island Sound, good food (expensive like all shows), good beer (a lot to choose from including my favorite, Guinness on tap!), and plenty of room to dance, of course.

Just made a 450 mile (one way) trip across 4 states.

In addition to me and my wife, there was a 4, 6, 72, and 73 year old in the vehicle with us.

Those ages = bathroom breaks.

When someone asked to stop, it was great to be able to click the rest area poi and say - "There is a rest area in x minutes, can you make it?"

Any one have any idea how long it takes and how much it costs?

So, I was traveling to Anaheim this past weekend and my Nuvi routed me from I-10, to CA-60, to CA-91. WHile on CA-91, it told me to get on the Express Lanes. Next thing I know, I see a sign saying that the edpress lanes are electronic toll only and they do not accept cash. Being from Arizona, I don't have the FastTrack toll system.