Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Upsetting the Garmin.

Hey folks,

We left this morning on our grand world tour, after getting our Annie Palmer Special (white Toyota Corolla) at the local Hertz/drug- front.
The guy that rented us the car didn't even check to see if we had insurance, I passed their credit check with no problem and there was a dead palm tree and water dripping from the ceiling... all signs point to that place not being there when we get back.

We're now near the OH/KY border and our GPS is trying to kill us. We asked it for a Panera bread (on account of the free internet) and it led us four miles through a very low-rent area where we saw a lady with no limbs riding a motorized wheelchair down the street.
It has also told me to turn around and go home, drive into oncoming traffic and park sideways across three lanes of highway. I swear. Ask Aaron.


I fell on my tailbone and broke the cooler (those events are related) already, so that temporary health insurance I purchased is seeming like a superb idea. Incidentally, my car and my body now both have a $500 deductible.

We're on our way to Mammoth Cave and from there we're going to visit my family in Knoxville.

More later,

Laura

4 comments:

  1. officially following, and highly anticipating more stories.

    sorry to hear about your tailbone.

    if the car rental place is gone when you get back, do you get a free car?

    xo,
    katie von erck.

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  2. also, Pat and I recently had a similar experience trying to find Subway sandwiches. Also one time the GPS told me to drive off the side of a hill I SWEAR TO GOD. mostly though it was helpful. like, 98 percent of the time.

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  3. Yay, readers already!

    I think the Garmin issue has been resolved: I changed it from pedestrian mode and learned how to make detours.

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