Re: My trusted GPS failed me!

I'm sure a post like this could elicit tons of stories. I likewise have a
short one.

Several years ago my wife and I were returning to Virginia on our Gold Wing
motorcycle from somewhere in the Southwest. We had determined to ride all
the way across Texas and avoid Interstates, so I was generally using the
"shortest distance" routing function.

This worked quite well until somewhere in West Texas -- now, if you've never
been to West Texas, let me just say that the distance between any two places
is outrageously far! -- our nice two-lane road deteriorated slowly into a
gravel road and eventually into a little path that not even an SUV could
love. Miles and miles from nowhere, low on fuel, we had to turn around on
the rutted one-lane path (no small feat as I was towing an Escapade trailer)
and backtrack about 40 miles to an alternate road. We found gas at a tiny
little cafe on an intersection of two roads that disappeared in the distance
to parts unknown. I never could figure out why someone would build a
business at such a remote location. Maybe because there were others like
us?

--
Jim Beachy

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Interesting story for your enjoyment...


I am sure you've all heard about the guy who drove his expensive car
into the lake because his GPS "told him so", or numerous variations of
the story on the net... I always laughed when I read about these
things. These guys must be idiots! Little had I know that soon I'll be
the victim of such technology "glitches".
<BigSnip - Interesting Story>
The moral of the story, in city driving, the GPS may give you a
smarter route in less time than you could've done using the paper map
in unfamiliar territory, but for long trips, it's better to stick to
the old fashioned paper map route, especially in rural areas, because
you never know when the GPS calculated route might turn to "unpaved"
or just simply ends. ;)

And check road conditions before the trip. ;)

Raymond


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