jennyjigsaw
Well-known member
Hi all, just getting into this RV thing, having owned and travelled part time for a year now. So far, as far as planning our drives, we do as much as possible before we leave our sticks and bricks house, but when we are on the road, we make sure to have a campsite with wifi and plan out the next day on the laptop using Google Maps, and confirming with the paper maps that we have. We are entertaining the idea of a GPS, just for those times like when we almost went to Nebraska instead of New Mexico and took us a while to realize we were going the wrong way, but tell me about the software that many of you use: Streets & Trips, or Street Atlas? What is the draw? Does it do things Google Maps/Earth doesn't?
And just an aside, who out there is surfing the net (not on a phone but on a computer) while driving, and how do you do it? I looked into some options before our big trip last year, but the cost and the hassle were too much for me, so we decided to just go without and do our internet stuff each night at the campground. Not to mention the fact that our laptop only has 2 hours of battery time, our hookup to the cigarette lighter doesn't seem to be functional (must look into this), and I hesitate to use the generator on the road unless it's really necessary.
Sorry, I guess there are two questions here : )
Janina
And just an aside, who out there is surfing the net (not on a phone but on a computer) while driving, and how do you do it? I looked into some options before our big trip last year, but the cost and the hassle were too much for me, so we decided to just go without and do our internet stuff each night at the campground. Not to mention the fact that our laptop only has 2 hours of battery time, our hookup to the cigarette lighter doesn't seem to be functional (must look into this), and I hesitate to use the generator on the road unless it's really necessary.
Sorry, I guess there are two questions here : )
Janina