Drive home from Richmond, VA
Well, hi! Here are a couple GPS routes from my recent drive home. Note that neither of these do much to describe how beautiful some interstate highways are (which is why I'd still like to do a Street View tour of some of the highlights), and neither communicate just how awesome I am at long-distance road-tripping: it was a 14-hour drive, and I think I finished in about an hour. That's right. You'll also see evidence below that I occasionally jump off the highway and move across America at near-light speed. This is also true, and isn't a symptom of a bad GPS receiver in the least.
Drive from Richmond, VA to Philly, PA:
Drive from Allentown, PA to ...Rochester, NY?:
And no, I have no idea why the BlackBerry stopped tracking me in Rochester. I imagine it simply gave up -- I almost did at that point.
The "Speed Profiles" are still an experiment, so expect them to be about as accurate as my Superman-like tour over the Atlantic. The second one is brilliant, though: you can track my passing speeds, straightaways, hills... I must say, I am shockingly consistent, and I never use cruise. This post makes me want to go on another trip.
October 9th, 2009 - 09:21
let’s go on a mini-roadtrip together! we can take full advantage of our weekends, and oh the trees will be pretty this time of year…