Today I headed for a particular store in a factory outlet mall in the East Valley. And although I had a good idea of where it was, I chose to take Mr. Gee along. So I keyed in the address, hopped in the car, turned on Mr. Gee, and saw a very strange route highlighted on the map. Hmmm... that sure didn't look right, and Mr. Gee wasn't saying a word!
Oh no... don't tell me the GPS is as directionally challenged as I am! So I unplugged him, and re-did everything for the store's location. But when I powered up the GPS again... same thing. All I saw on the map was a diagonal line connecting my home to my desired location, sticking to no streets at all... that line just crossed over streets and buildings... as the crow flies!
So I turned him off, and just drove there without help. But once there in the correct parking lot, I again looked into the situation and finally discovered that somehow the 'off road' option had been chosen, showing me how to "hike cross-country" or "fly like the crow" to the store. Once that setting was corrected, all was well and I had no further mysterious routes to follow. So the joke's on me... but I continue to learn, and always am pleased to figure out what went wrong and why.
Coming back home, Mr. Gee did a fine job. I got more practice driving the freeway, and that's a very good thing.
