[GeoStL] Re: Anyone ever find - and use - Bob's Road™? :)
- From: Jon Mertz <jemertz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:08:40 -0500
This all begs for the obligatory:
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/81216109/
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Susie Nelson <szcue@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> LOL Arlene!
> Jim and I had the same thing happen to us in MS. We could see the paved
> road below us after coming around a curve on the levee. It was raining then
> too, but we kept on till we got to the end and a nice gravel area to get
> back to the pavement below.
>
> Crazy Nuvi's I tell ya.
>
> Makes that t-shirt w the guy watching his gps instead of the cliff in front
> of him w the word FOCUS!!!! all that more important.
>
> You just cannot rely on Nuvi's. I don't care how up to date the maps
> are. We even had an experience in Kansas City where it told us go to an
> outer road then back onto the interstate for less that 3 tenths of mile.
> WHAT was that all about????
>
> Michael, where did you come up with the Bob's Road (tm)???
>
> We definitely don't call our Nuvi Bob either LOL!
>
> Fun subject.
>
> Susie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arlene Jones <shitsngrins@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:41 pm
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Anyone ever find - and use - Bob's Road™? :)
>
> I have used the 'Pika Road' system and let me tell you, that was an
> adventure! We ended up on a levy, did a 200+ point turn on TOP of the levy,
> I just about broke my fingers gripping the Ohhhh *&^% bar...but hey I
> eventually got the cache!
>
> Arlene
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:05:16 -0700
> From: mrogers07@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [GeoStL] Anyone ever find - and use - Bob's Road™? :)
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> To begin, a Bob's Road™ is any roadway that the GPSr wants you to take
> that does not officially exist.
>
> Anyway, I was out caching in the Warrensburg/Sedalia area and used my
> Nuvi to guide me on a predetermined route. While out in the country, it
> wanted me to turn on a VERY rural road (i.e., not really gravel..a dirt
> road...not even marked). So, I did. Now, I have been down a few Bob's Roads™
> before, and all has gone well. Usually, it makes you wonder how the Nuvi
> even knew about this roadway at all, because a Bob's Road™ can alternate
> between a semi-gravel or bedrock road that looks like someone's driveway to
> just a dirt path through a field.
>
> Anyway, I took this Bob's Road™ and it was a doozy. I drove about a mile
> through ruts, little hills, crossed a shallow creek and eventually mudded it
> through some seriously wet areas only to find another farmer had blocked the
> rest of the road! So, I had to go all the way back and find another
> way...and have my Nuvi chide me for not following the way it suggested.
>
> So, apart from this incident, I have used Bob's Roads™ with
> success...have you experienced them?
>
> -Michael
> =
>
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