Almost…
I was up in Lincoln yesterday seeing a friend and after a WOD and some bs-ing and some dinner it (thanks for the hospitality!! you guys are great) was time to go home. I let the Garmin pick the route – as I had on the way up. For whatever reason, the way back is not exactly the same as the way in, but I’m following the directions through completely unfamiliar territory and thankful the whole way for the wizardry behind all things GPS.
Did I mention it was pitch black out?
So I’m tooling along and Gwen (that’s what I named the voice) tells me to make a left on such and such road and I do and then I see that I have about 3 miles to go on this road before my next turn. No worries.
All of a sudden I’m in a cul de sac going 45 mph and the road is just ending. I was bewildered by the contradiction between my expectation (road goes for three miles turn right) and the reality (stop or die).
Luckily my inner driver figured it all out and braked while my consciousness was like “hmmm, there seem to be reflectors attached to solid objects ahead that might be very solid posts…how odd…that can’t be right.”
WTF!! Glad to not have killed myself I take a moment to regain my composure and look around. Looks like the road became part of a development. Beyond the cul de sac are some fields and lots of what has to be fairly new construction My headlights also show lots of streaks of rubber going in straight lines towards the aforementioned posts. Evidently I’m not the first person to come down said road thinking that it was supposed to GO somewhere.
The funny thing is, as I’m driving back the way I came, instead of repeatedly telling me to turn around, Gwen almost seems to figure out that she royally effed up and immediately plots another route on roads that actually exist. Go figure.
Perhaps it would be worthwhile to spend the money on the updated map pack from Garmin lest next time it send me off a bridge to nowhere instead.
Those Garmin devices can be a little tricky dude. Defately get the free updates from Garmin. Last month, mine just alerted me that I’m out of date and suggests that you go to their website and requesting an update . . . and guess what . . . they mailed me a CD!! How about that. But be warned young Skywalker, patients is what you need. The CD update took just over 1 hour!! So sit back and watch the first two periods of the Detroit playoff game while it’s installing and updating the maps.
James,
next time use your natural sense of direction and newest printed maps from Yahoo or Google, not damn GPS.
Trust me, you will be better off without it and live longer!
Cheers.
Thanks for the funny comments guys!
Young Skywalker is hooking up the device to R2D2 today for the latest and greatest maps.
Somehow I think Yahoo or Google maps might have screwed me as well on this.
Maybe next time I go to work out up in Lincoln with my buddy, John, I’ll try and find that road and get it’s exact name. Then we’ll see which map service tries to kill you, and which map service lets you live.
Wow Dad you used “cul de sac” two times. Your Brain isn’t filled with kettlebells after all.
Dear Son (aka “Spawn of Kitch”),
As useless as your mother was, it’s nice to see you managed somehow to finesse your way into one of the worlds largest companies as a “Flash guy” and support yourself in a not completely demeaning way.
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BTW, How’z that bodyweight bench press coming along? Let me know when you think you can take on “Pops”. Take another fistful of amino acids and let me know…