After staying in South Florida all winter we’re back on the road again! We’re currently in Perry Georgia for the FMCA International Convention. We’ll be giving lots of computer seminars here this week. When we’re not giving a seminar, you’ll find us at the Computer Help Desk area. If you’re here too, stop and say hi!
For the entire 5 years we’ve been on the road we’ve used a GPS navigation system on our laptop to help us find our way. I wrote about this in a previous post, including a short video. This time, we also have a Garmin Nuvi ‘dashtop’ GPS. It is so much more convenient for taking with us in the car, and it has a much louder speaker than our laptop. Today was the first time we used *both* the laptop and the smaller ‘dashtop’ unit.
Here’s a picture of the Garmin:
And, here’s the laptop with MS Streets and Trips at the same location:
I SO appreciate the big picture! You can click on that image above to see a bigger one. And, planning your trip on the computer is so much better as well. It seems you need to already know where you’re going before you start programming it into the little one. I know I still have a lot to learn about using the Garmin, but, for RV travels – we’re going to hang on to the laptop with Streets and Trips.
How about you?
Chris Guld, www.GeeksonTour.com
Computer Education for Travelers