When we purchased our motorhome and decided to travel summers we also decided on a GPS system to help guide us as well.
After researching and picking a few goo-roo’s brains, we decided to take the middle road and purchase a Garmin. Ms. Garmin has proven her self and helped out greatly; especially getting us around metropolitan areas such as Denver, Fort Smith, Amarillo, Albuquerque and Phoenix.
So once again hitting the road and on Interstate I-44, we wanted Ms. Garmin to help us around Tulsa and Oklahoma City. So leaving Coffeyville KS we put in the Wal-Mart in Elk City OK, the nearest destination we could possibly get to Sayre OK. We had it in mind that this time we would just take the Toll road and stay on Interstate-specially with the weather being a bit unpredictable this time of year.
Well, Ms. Garmin had different ideas. She wants us to take a southern route to jump onto I-40. So when we ignored her direction, and she consistently would say: “r-e-c-a-l-c-u-l-a-t-i-n-g” in that little annoying voice of hers. She obviously did not want us to take the toll road and kept telling us to take every exit we would come across. We always figure that they were set up to take the most economically way, so why in the world was she trying to take us 60 miles farther south-was beyond us.
but this is when she really got hilarious; when we ignored her once again on taking an exit, then she became insistent that we did a u-turn in the middle of the interstate! Ironic enough she knew the locations of where there was a break in the barriers for emergency vehicles to do their u-turn, but no way we could! We finally got tired of hearing her annoying voice and just shut her down. We would get through Oklahoma City the old fashion way: Brian being my navigator and the good ole’ Rand McNally maps!
As our old buddy, Ron would say: “Why buy a Garmin when you can buy a $2.00 map?” Maybe he knew something we didn’t…
After researching and picking a few goo-roo’s brains, we decided to take the middle road and purchase a Garmin. Ms. Garmin has proven her self and helped out greatly; especially getting us around metropolitan areas such as Denver, Fort Smith, Amarillo, Albuquerque and Phoenix.
So once again hitting the road and on Interstate I-44, we wanted Ms. Garmin to help us around Tulsa and Oklahoma City. So leaving Coffeyville KS we put in the Wal-Mart in Elk City OK, the nearest destination we could possibly get to Sayre OK. We had it in mind that this time we would just take the Toll road and stay on Interstate-specially with the weather being a bit unpredictable this time of year.
Well, Ms. Garmin had different ideas. She wants us to take a southern route to jump onto I-40. So when we ignored her direction, and she consistently would say: “r-e-c-a-l-c-u-l-a-t-i-n-g” in that little annoying voice of hers. She obviously did not want us to take the toll road and kept telling us to take every exit we would come across. We always figure that they were set up to take the most economically way, so why in the world was she trying to take us 60 miles farther south-was beyond us.
but this is when she really got hilarious; when we ignored her once again on taking an exit, then she became insistent that we did a u-turn in the middle of the interstate! Ironic enough she knew the locations of where there was a break in the barriers for emergency vehicles to do their u-turn, but no way we could! We finally got tired of hearing her annoying voice and just shut her down. We would get through Oklahoma City the old fashion way: Brian being my navigator and the good ole’ Rand McNally maps!
As our old buddy, Ron would say: “Why buy a Garmin when you can buy a $2.00 map?” Maybe he knew something we didn’t…
Actually your old buddy Ron now has a Rand McNally TripMaker RVND 5510 5" GPS Unit. Programable for RV hight, weight & lenght & preloaded with campgrounds, RV Repair facilities, Wal-Marts & Casinos & so much more. Works great 99% of the time and goes wacko like yours sometimes.
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