That is SO true (the wife bit, in my case at least, and I'm talking about an MD way smarter than me) regarding maps.� With me as co-pilot I am fine with just an atlas.� I've had a GPS for a long time a 10-12 year old Magellan with a whopping 48k that I had to load small sections into, and had no city�"road" maps or navigation per se, fine for caching though till it finally died last year.� The wife got me a Garmin Oregon to cache with and I bought the road maps so it will navigate.� I'd used it a bit, does a fine job, screen a bit small for a navigator though wonderfull for a handheld.
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The big drive back from Sacramento to AK last week was in a vehicle (um, er,�not VW, a 04 Lexus, hey we inherited it not my choice) equipped with a�factory navigation system.� And I hate to admit I loved it, though actually probably not as good as a stinking TomTom or the like, but wonderful getting in and out of Vancouver during rush hour.� We really would have been screwed with just an atlas.� Of course annoyingly it�doesn't know anything about Canada or AK, so once out of metro Vancouver, it was all over, and it can not be updated to do so. �Grr...� But there are only really 3 roads up here anyway and oh yeah my Garmin works fine.
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John

--- On Fri, 10/9/09, steve@eurocampers.com <steve@EUROCAMPERS.COM> wrote:

I travel now mostly by myself or with my wife as copilot.� She is
nearly useless when it comes to maps, so our TomTom rules!