5 GPS Route Planning Tools
I’m a self admitted GPS nut and certifyable map-aholic, and I hate to admit how may GPS units I own, for my motorcycle (BMW R1200RT), road bike, mountain bike, kayak… not to speak of iPhone GPS apps… But I seldom use a GPS unit to plan a route, since it auto-calculates the quickest route. Instead I plan a route on the computer, checking out the google maps or google earth satellite images in detail to see how I can plan riding through farmland, avoid crowded areas and highways. Click here to read about 5 cool utilities, and a screencast how-to on converting google map directions into...
read moreThe perfect location for the next sci-fi video game? Seaside Heights, NJ
With the late November weather cooperating, I woke up feeling somewhat obligated going for a BMW ride today. Still jetlagged from just having returned from Berlin, it was easy to talk myself out of doing something more strenuous, like for example Mountain Biking or Kayaking. I am quite good at talking myself out of things, or at least waffling about it until it is too late to have a go, and while I can easily hesitate about a BMW ride in questionable weather condition, today the sun was shining, the leaves did not particularly seem slippery, and with Robyn still away in India and Nepal, the...
read morePort Jervis BMW Ride
I rode the RT from Atlantic Highlands to Port Jervis this last Sunday to experience the last of the fall color. On the way already it became clear that Atlantic Highlands retains the fall colors later into the season than the rest of New Jersey, heading west and then north the leaves had mostly fallen, but there was enough of a color splash here and there to make up for it… I only stopped at times to snap a picture, but the weather was fantastic for late November, and the ride was fun. I’m always torn between trying to join up with the “Jersey Shore BMW Riders”, but...
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