Boy, do I feel dumb!!!
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Boy, do I feel dumb!!!
Saturday started out great. Weather was sunny, temps are about 85. The wife and I set out for a day on the bike. A friend had invited us to go and meet them where they were camping and spend the night. I had never been there but I heard it was a nice place.First I had to take care of a little business at an HD dealer about 140 miles away. No problem, right? WRONG!! This is where the day goes bad.We left the dealer and it was starting to cloud up a little. We get about 5 miles down the interstate and the bottoim dropped out of the bucket. We pulled over under an overpass and get suited up for a wet ride. I guess we rode at about 40 mph for about 40 miles then the road was dry and the sun was out. We stopped for lunch and put away the raingear. I figured the worst part of the day was over. WRONG AGAIN! I set my GPS for the campground (State Park) and it leads me to a gravel road. I figure a hundred yards or so of gravel was OK. After about 10 MILES of gravel I stop to call my bud and find out if my GPS was f%$#^ up or what. NO SIGNAL ON THE CELL!! Middle of nowhere, on a gravel road, now what else could go wrong. Just happend to glance down and see 1/4 tank of gas. We continued down the road (wife praying behind me)figuring it would eventually get someplace and/or I'd get a signal on the phone.After 10 more miles we come upon a blacktop road. There is a GOD! Then we see the campground. We made it! My buddy tells me that if I would have gone about 20 miles further down the interstate I would have seen a sign for the park, to come in from the front side ALL PAVED STREETS! DAMNED GPS!!
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RE: Boy, do I feel dumb!!!
Man that sounded like the "Set-Up" for the next Friday the 13TH movie! I was waiting to hear that the gravel road dead-ended and as you were turning around a mad-man with an axe came charging out of the woods[&o]...glad it worked out..sometimes the most casually planned day turns into an adventure...you'll have a good story to tell years from now.
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RE: Boy, do I feel dumb!!!
ORIGINAL: jmacdonald5
I was waiting to hear that the gravel road dead-ended and as you were turning around a mad-man with an axe came charging out of the woods[&o]
I was waiting to hear that the gravel road dead-ended and as you were turning around a mad-man with an axe came charging out of the woods[&o]
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RE: Boy, do I feel dumb!!!
similiar situations have happened to me ,being new to gpsdid some research and there are a couple reasons they do that to us. Usually gps will suprise me and "know" all the shortcuts and tricks but sometimes it calculates a road as being faster(gravel versis paved) in this case or there is another reason witch is more of a mistery. The fix is to go to the "DETOR" screen and check out to see times and miles of some of the detors. You might notice that one of the detors is closer and quicker wtf!! Pick that one
This is all new to me so not much more experiance.
This is all new to me so not much more experiance.
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RE: Boy, do I feel dumb!!!
My 2610 has a routing function that you can set to avoid unpaved roads, toll roads, ETC. Unfortunately, I use mine in both the truck (take any road) and the bike (avoid unpaved roads). Was going to a friends house in Orlando from Port Charlotte. Had it set for fastest way but avoid all main roads ( by mistake). I like to never get there. Saw alot of pretty counry though. Later we took the bike down the same route so i guess it wasn't a total screw up. I spend alot of time checking to make sure I have my routing perferences set right. And still mess up
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RE: Boy, do I feel dumb!!!
ORIGINAL: fatguyona1000
Glad that didn't happen, or he probably wouldn't have been able to post about it!
ORIGINAL: jmacdonald5
I was waiting to hear that the gravel road dead-ended and as you were turning around a mad-man with an axe came charging out of the woods[&o]
I was waiting to hear that the gravel road dead-ended and as you were turning around a mad-man with an axe came charging out of the woods[&o]
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