Wow what a great evening. Last night a friend and I drove 120 west to Kansas City for a little get together at Sam and Michelle's home to see Three Pints Gone (http://www.3pintsgone.com/). For those of you who like Celtic folk music this band is quite the treat, so check them out.
And what has this to do with Wheels... I'm getting there. My friend Joe whipped out his laptop and I saw for the first time Microsoft Street and Trips.
Generally speaking laptops are not the greatest computers. The only reason to own one over a desktop is if you travel a lot on business and or cannot live without E-mail. Microsoft Street and Trips or another G.P.S. system may become the third reason to own one.
Joe doesn't get to Kansas City often and for myself it's a once or twice a year thing. It's a big sprawling city with a lot of ways to get lost. About 30 miles out we pulled into a truck stop and Joe set the G.P.S. sensor on the dash and launched Street and Trips. Almost instantly the program we were on a map showing our location. Typing in the address a route quickly appeared marked in green. The software gave us distance and a estimated time to arrive plus a turn by turn break down.
If you travel and own a laptop you should take a good look, you may never be lost again.