topic Re: Do You Use GPS? in Community Chat

Do You Use GPS?

Kachina624 — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 21:01:41 GMT

If so, you might want to rethink that.

I'd love to know the outcome of this little adventure. Probably divorce if they didn't go over the edge and lived.

Re: Do You Use GPS?

deepwaterdotter — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 21:15:17 GMT

Do you think this might have been photoshopped?

Re: Do You Use GPS?

4kitties — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 21:20:25 GMT

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Re: Do You Use GPS?

Pandalady — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 21:24:00 GMT

Here is the "stay off the highways" option:

Re: Do You Use GPS?

Kachina624 — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 21:27:48 GMT

@deepwaterdotter wrote:
Do you think this might have been photoshopped?

@deepwaterdotter. I don't know. I've been on roads in Colorado that were almost that bad, perhaps slightly wider so opposing traffic could get two wheels on the upper side so they could pass.

DEFINITELY A 4-WHEEL DRIVE JEEP ROAD.

Re: Do You Use GPS?

SilleeMee — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 21:34:01 GMT

Reminds me of Imogene Pass near Telluride, Colorado.

Re: Do You Use GPS?

Mindy D — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 21:39:32 GMT

Reminds me of the Hana Road in Maui

Re: Do You Use GPS?

Kachina624 — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 21:44:52 GMT

Here's US Highway 550 in Colorado. The Southern end of it is 4 or 5 miles from my house and is a four-lane boulevard. No guard rails on this road.

Re: Do You Use GPS?

Kachina624 — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 21:48:05 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
Reminds me of Imogene Pass near Telluride, Colorado.

@SilleeMee. One of the scariest Jeep roads.

Re: Do You Use GPS?

RoughDraft — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 21:54:44 GMT

Eons ago, DH was in Army Transport in France. No GPS. White knuckle drives abounded!

Re: Do You Use GPS?

Chessa35 — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 21:56:39 GMT

That's what happens when Husbands refuse to ask for directions ! LOL !

Re: Do You Use GPS?

Carmie — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 03:24:53 GMT

I don't 100% trust GPS. it has no brain.

We once were in Cape May, NJ and needed a new small table top TV. I don't remember all the details, but our GPS tried to take us to LEWES, DE on the ferry to get to a store that had one in stock.

My husband was driving and I had to really scream at him to stop. He was in the driveway at the ferry terminal.

Men will go anywhere the GPS tells them to. Even if it is a stupid idea.

I still laugh about that one.

Re: Do You Use GPS?

chrystaltree — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 22:09:31 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
If so, you might want to rethink that.

I'd love to know the outcome of this little adventure. Probably divorce if they didn't go over the edge and lived.

Lol. Yeah, that's a safe bet.

Re: Do You Use GPS?

dancingwoman — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 22:26:07 GMT

@Kachina624 @SilleeMee going to Ouray..before and after...DW

Re: Do You Use GPS?

Caffeina — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 23:00:43 GMT

I was curious, and had to dig up the truth about the picture. It's actually quite interesting. The ad was photoshopped when it was originally published. The Airstream was later photoshopped onto it as an internet prank. Here's the original ad.

In December 2020, a Twitter user posted that he emailed the company asking about the original, and here's the response. I redacted the last name of the employee mentioned.

"Hi Mike, Thank you for your inquiry! We love that picture and have a few of them in various offices here at Warn. This picture was taken in the Tillamook Forest in Oregon. They backed the vehicle onto this shelf road for the photo, however if you look close you can see that the road was actually wider and was modified to make it look narrower (early photoshop job). The driver was one of our long time employees, Lynn ******. Unfortunately I don’t know the when part of this but I do know that it had been done prior to my arrival 26 years ago!
Hope this helps!"

Re: Do You Use GPS?

Desertdi — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 23:07:45 GMT

@Kachina624 This really strikes home with me: My husband always "knew a shortcut". di

Re: Do You Use GPS?

Kachina624 — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 23:12:03 GMT

@dancingwoman. I was first over hwy 550 as a child before it was paved and "improved". I made the whole trip on the floorboard, scared to look out the window. It's a boulevard now compared to then. I've driven from Ouray to Durango several times.

Re: Do You Use GPS?

kate2357 — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 23:45:15 GMT

I do use GPS aka Google maps...BUT I also love actual paper maps and will look at a map prior to going to any new destination. I also have a default to stick to major highways. Ask me how I know. Lol.

Re: Do You Use GPS?

dancingwoman — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 23:53:28 GMT

@Kachina624 We are headed there on Tuesday for our anniversary lunch..DW

Re: Do You Use GPS?

Kachina624 — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 00:00:37 GMT

@dancingwoman. I'm envious. Going to Silverton? Nice and cool up there.