This is why I like paper maps.

What a drive. We got out of Philly ok and headed north to a Recreation Area just off Interstate 84 a few miles on PA 507. PROBLEM, the Garmin will do anything to keep us off non-commercial vehicle routes. (Yes, I know. You can turn that option off but sometimes it’s a pretty good thing since we are 60+ feet long and 13 feet tall). It routed us onto a curly dirt road marked for two way traffic but only one lane wide. Even after we managed to find our way back onto pavement we slithered around blind curves and over steep grades; all the while she is incessantly nagging us to make a U-turn in unbelievable places. In all, it was about 15 miles of wondering around just to avoid maybe 2 miles of 507, a no commercial vehicle route. Hilarious now. Seriously annoying at the time. Oh yes, our Garmin is a she. Kent has the voice of Samantha selected. I have never asked why.

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