Mike, I couldn't agree with you more. As you know, I traveled to England in 2008 and "saw" it my way. What was so marvelous was telling my Sister who was working on quite an intricate knitting pattern where we were. I could go on for hours and hours about the adventures we had, of course, but it suffices to say, there is nothing more wonderful than traveling by train in England. I clocked our speed as we traveled through Sommerset and Devon at 98 MPH, and it didn't feel like we are moving. I actually recently went with the ACB. tour to the Grand Canion by bus and yes, Arizona's cities such as Flagstaff don't quite match the beauty of say Taunton Dean or Liscard on caridon.
Mary Ellen Earls----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael May" <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "GPS-talkusers-freelists.org" <GPS-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 5:46 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] what's in a name?
As I traveled the highways and by-ways from London to Birmingham last week, I was fascinated by the city, village and POI names. In the same way that a sighted person would look at a landscape and get a feel for a different country or region, the names I was scrolling under my fingers gave me a feel for the places.Just make note of 100 names you see in England and compare them with 100 names of places in the U.S. I would guess there would only be a dozen that overlap. There is a definite sense of antiquity portrayed by the names in England versus our relatively young country. You can just picture religious battles, knights in armor and farmers going to their local pub.Just put yourself virtually in England and start exploring. You will see what I mean.When people winge about the cost of GPS, I have to believe they really don't understand the value of independent exploration.A short excursion to Warwick castle was a perfect example of the other powerful part of the GPS. I located the train station closest to our hotel, then walked there, took the train to Warwick and walked to the castle, cruised around for a few hours. Found a place for lunch and made the return trip. My son was with me but I was the one figuring out the trip and leading the way. I know I am a broken record about this point but I don't think there is any price for that kind of independence, education and dignity.Mike Michael G. May CEO Sendero GroupDistributors and developers of Sendero GPS for 5 platforms, BrailleNote, BrailleSense, Pac Mate, Windows PC and Mobile Geo for Windows phones. Also, distributing Trekker Breeze, Victor Stream, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks, Mobile Speak, Miniguide and ID Mate.Crashing Through, a book about Mike May, by Robert Kurson, available at http://www.CrashingThrough.comMikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.SenderoGroup.com 1-530-757-6800, Fax (530) 757-6830, Mobile (530) 304-0007 Sendero Group, LLC 429 F Street, Davis, CA 95616, USATo change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode):http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htmAdditionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.
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