Navigator

See the little map on the dashboard? That's our newest toy. It's part GPS and part back seat driver. We named "her" Kit in honor of that 70's show about the talking car. This little gadget is so much fun. We enter an address or choose a point of interest in a particular town and it takes us there one turn (or bear right/left) at a time. The fun part is that she seems to have no interest in taking us via major roads. Instead, she seems to prefer the most direct route and therefore, leads us through the most interesting places. We've seen some beautiful sights we would have not seen otherwise.

One day it led us to a roadblock where a bridge was out. We took a right and Kit recalculated the route. Come to find out, we were only about a 1/2 mile from a main route, one that we had been on a few miles back. But we saw some of the most beautiful landscapes because of that little "short-cut".

It's hard to believe Kit knows what she's doing sometimes because we'll be traveling along in the general direction of our destination when she'll tell us to turn onto a tiny little obscure street. What! Can this be right? Sure enough, several twists and turns later we arrive at our destination. I have no idea if it's the faster way but it sure is more fun!

Sometimes we like to tease her. We'll tell her our destination and then we'll not follow directions. She stays quiet calm and recalculates our route. She'll say, "In 100 yards, turn right". When we don't, she'll recalculate again and give us new directions. She never gets frustrated or loses her cool. She must be related to Spock because she doesn't show any emotion!

In the photo above, I was on my way to Nashua (rhymes with Joshua). Within 5 miles of leaving the house I had no idea what road I was on. Nashua is only about 15 miles away but we never took a road I had seen before. I had no idea where I was. Sure enough. She took me right downtown. Actually, this time she did let me down. She took me to Main St when I wanted Daniel Webster Hwy. Come to find out (later), they are one and the same street but the address I wanted was about 4 miles away. It just goes to show we can't trust her 100%. We'd better carry some maps in our car just in case.

By the way - speaking of driving - what's happening with the price of gas in your area? I saw $2.21 for regular today. Up until that, we've been seeing $2.25 fairly often. Feel free to add your comment by clicking the comment button.