{"id":1942,"date":"2018-07-25T21:12:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T19:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whereisbobl.com\/blog\/?p=1942"},"modified":"2018-07-25T21:12:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T19:12:52","slug":"garmin-gps-special-routing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whereisbobl.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/25\/garmin-gps-special-routing\/","title":{"rendered":"Garmin GPS Special Routing"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love Garmin GPS’s.\u00a0 \u00a0Of course, I like swearing at my electronics, and that is what Garmin gives me most, something to swear at.<\/p>\n

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\nI exercise my GPS pretty well because I never really follow it. I will select where I am going and then turn in every direction except the one the GPS tells me to.\u00a0 \u00a0It spends most of it’s time recalculating,<\/p>\n

So I guess you can’t blame the GPS if it occasionally revolts and tries to get back at me for ignoring it so often. <\/p>\n

I was riding more or less the route the GPS was saying to go, which was going to bring me through the center of a small town. The GPS said to turn right on a non-existent road.\u00a0 OK, … NO.\u00a0 Then, instead of continuing the route on the road that it had intended me to get to,\u00a0 it rerouted me to go left and ride completely around the city. It was a road that went up hill and was curvy. Fine with me.<\/p>\n

The road was narrow, twisty and a lot of fun. Then the road turned dirt. Then it got kinda rough. Then it ended at a fork with two gates. Both closed. And a police car. No police though.<\/p>\n

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Looking at the road, I didn’t think I would have continued anyway. This is not that kind of trip.<\/p>\n

I wondered why Garmin would have sent me down this road. It was obviously never a major road. Then I saw why. Sure, the road was closed, but the bar was open.\u00a0 \u00a0Garmin decided I needed a drink.<\/p>\n

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It was an interesting place in the woods and was pretty popular but it was too late for coffee and I was riding so beer was out of the question.\u00a0 \u00a0Maybe next time.<\/p>\n

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