[GeoStL] Re: Anyone ever find - and use - Bob's Road™? :)
- From: Bob TheCacher <cachefinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:06:50 -0500
They call these Bob's Road because they know I'm coming. My 4WD with the Off
Road Z71 package is just the ticket for this type of travel. In fact, I
probably made some of these roads where there were no roads previously. You
are welcome to use them but put it in 4 wheel drive first. Believe me, this is
the shortest way to the cache. Hiking and bicycle trails are ok to use too.
I've never met a walker or bike that wouldn't move out of my way. (That one
finger waive seems to be popular on these types of trails) One more thing. If
it says "Authorized Vehicles Only" you are hereby authorized.
Bob Pratt
BBD1
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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