Garmin GPS - One good thing the Quest does that the 26120 doesn't.

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One good thing the Quest does that the 26120 doesn't.

B. Peg

2005-07-19, 4:55 pm

During a recent trip to Northern California on motorcycles, we found
ourselves stuck in motel rooms to avoid the heat during the day. Luckily,
all the motels were allowing early check-ins to accommodate us (before
11am!) and the rates were surprisingly cheap, as low as $39.95 at Super
8's - maybe to less holiday traffic as gas prices were $2.99 for regular
where we were and more than $3.20 for premium.

We found ourselves rerouting the trip to avoid the heat and making alternate
loops in the mountains, which were also in the upper 90's. The Quest with
its "great internal battery" allowed us ample time to program a route on
the fly while staying in our cool room. The added plus was I never had
tried it before (always did routing on the laptop and downloaded it into it)
but this was a desperation move and the battery had ample life to let me
learn how to do it. Never had to program a route on the fly before but the
thing actually worked pretty well once we figured it out. It was a blessing
to stay inside out of the 110 degree heat and not have to program it on the
bike sitting in a parking lot. The 2610 would have keep us outside in the
heat baking. Plus, it comes out of - or goes into - the Garmin holder
faster that you can read this sentence and you can shove it in your pocket
while eating indoors. Running the Garmin audio through the AutoCom into the
Westone helmet phones worked very well (with the necessary ground-loop
isolators).

Only niggle I had the entire trip was some really weird "off the freeway and
back onto it" looping that it did around Sacramento, CA. "Oh, look. There
is that same girl in the red Mustang...again? Didn't we just see her a few
minutes ago on the I-5?" Oh well.

Maybe the Quest II will be the next GPS purchase (purely for the memory) if
the TomTom Rider (if it ever appears) fails to live up to it's expectations.

B~

Seagull

2005-07-19, 10:55 pm

B. Peg <bent_peg@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

quote:

> The 2610 would have keep us outside in the heat baking.

This is why I take the 2610 power adapter with me when I travel.

Cheers,
-+JLS

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B. Peg

2005-07-19, 10:55 pm

> "Seagull" wrote:

quote:

> This is why I take the 2610 power adapter with me when I travel.

One of the "premier dumps" (wasn't a Super 8, but maybe a Sub-Super 1?) we
stayed in had absolutely NO electrical outlets in the room. Go figger that
one out. We did see the maid with a long extension cord retractor on her
cart. No where, even in the bathroom, for a shaver! All the lights were
overhead and the one behind the bed that we saw we couldn't get to as the
owners had just about nailed the thing to the floor, mattress and all. Just
as well as it had a plate over it. Seems those middle-eastern owners were
really cutting the pennies on customer convenience. Gotta love that 9 or
10" TV bolted down on some conduit box. I guess I need to travel with one
of those screw-in 110 volt light bulb sockets.

But what ya gonna do when the better motels are filled?

B~

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