GPS

[pdub]

Geograhic Prediction Scandal.

We have two of them. I got the second one when I started to lose faith in the first one. The newest one, Sue Unit named it, "The Annoying One." You go 5 over the limit, it yells "Speed Warning!" over and over. She never shuts up. And if you tell her to shut up, she DOES. She won't even say when to turn at an iintersection.

But the new one, she'll do one cool thing: Take us to an address while avoiding the interstate. We're going to try that out. Let's see how that goes, on a long trip, and we have nothing but time for scenery and tractors and cows in the road. Film at eleven.

[corvettedad]

Go in and set your settings, speed limits, type of roads, voice settings and such.
Nice chatting with you!

[pdub]

Go in and set your settings, speed limits, type of roads, voice settings and such.

Not available. It's a Rand McNally. It is what it is. There are some settings, but not many at all.

[Deaf Bob]

iPhone! Easy peasy!

[corvettedad]

iPhone! Easy peasy!

Android! It's all I use.

[SuperBuickGuy]

ya know, google maps does all of that - and tells you the best routes for biking, walk, even taking the bus.... all for free.....

[RockJustRock]

It's like people who Google things and watch YouTube on their phones then say "I wish I was good at computers". They are, they just don't realise it.

[malc]

Do they even sell fold out paper maps at gas stations any more ?

[RockJustRock]

Sell???? Those were free. Some idiots felt if people had maps they would travel more and EVERYBODY would sell more gasoline. Businessmen were SO stupid in the 60s!

[pdub]

Do they even sell fold out paper maps at gas stations any more ?

Maybe not, but we got one for free at a national park stop on the Natchez Trace Parkway last week, We used that and a real big paper road atlas to bypass Birmingham last week.when everybody was wrecking on I-65. Find it, see it, drive it. Maps still work, they always will.

While we were down there in Covington, Big Dave said F a GPS, he still uses maps. I mean, he was home when we got there. He got back to there somehow from everywhere else.

[DanStokes]

I use real maps, too, though I'm not above printing out Google Maps which seem to work well for the places I want to go. Don't own a GPS - or a smart phone (I'm a dino).

Dan

[stroker al]

Do they even sell fold out paper maps at gas stations any more ?

They have them free when you cross over a state line and stop at visitors center, they are usually up to date.

[DanStokes]

They have them free when you cross over a state line and stop at visitors center, they are usually up to date.

Good point! I'll try to remember to pick some up on the trip to and from AR.

Dan

[RockJustRock]

The price to know where you are in L.A. is $20. When I moved here I looked for a wall map for my office. I got laughed at. Looked for a map to MAKE a wall map. More high comedy. I had to use one of THESE with Post Its hanging out of it to keep track of my customers. L.A. is just too effectively SPRAWLED.

Local Urban Legend: Thomas puts at least one glaring error on EVERY page. Making a map with the same error gets you sued by Thomas for copyright infringement. Come To L.A. These are your tools. We wish you luck!

https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Guide-.../dp/0528014897

[pdub]

Well, it's official now. Sue Unit and I are Professional Grade Joyriders.

Our intent was to get to the place in Arkansas where the ECTA event will be held. Because we could. And scope it out and get a feel for where the motels, facilities, etc. are. We told the new GPS to take us there by avoiding freeways. It sure did.....almost. We spent hours driving on beautiful roads that all looked like THIS, notice all the traffic in the photo.



There was one more choce on the GPS, avoid ferries. I never thought of that. It took us right down beautiful backroads to the landing for the Hickman Ferry in Kentucky. It was not running, broken down, engine trouble.



So now what? Let's GPS our way up to Indiana and go over those bridges. Bridges across the Mississippi are hundreds of miles apart. We cruised across the bridge over the Ohio River.



Got off of that bridge and was facing the one across the Mississippi into Arkansas.



Well hell, NOW what? Back home, not meant to be on this outing. We got to looking up motels when we had been out driving for about 8 hours and we ended up staying at the same one where we stayed last night. "We're baaaaaaaack....."