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Great write up, Ed! And, congratulations on the 1st place trophy!
Enjoyed the photos and journalistic write up...do we expect any less than perfection from Ed?
@edsnova I see you discovered one of the MOST annoying things about Google Maps; saved routes are not really saved. I've written them numerous times asking why but there's never a response. I've spent an hour or more putting together a fantastic drive and when I send it to my phone or someone else's phone the route isn't there. Just the regular way to get from A to B. If I wanted to drive the regular way I wouldn't have spent so much time making my own. Do you hear me Google?
@Robert M posted:@edsnova I see you discovered one of the MOST annoying things about Google Maps; saved routes are not really saved. I've written them numerous times asking why but there's never a response. I've spent an hour or more putting together a fantastic drive and when I send it to my phone or someone else's phone the route isn't there. Just the regular way to get from A to B. If I wanted to drive the regular way I wouldn't have spent so much time making my own. Do you hear me Google?
They’re saved, you just don’t have access to them. Next time instead of calling Google, call the NSA. 
FWIW, at some point Google Maps took a lot of features and put them in Google Earth. AFAIK, you can do what you want (make routes save and share them) in Google Earth.
https://support.google.com/earth/answer/148150?hl=en
https://support.google.com/earth/answer/148150?hl=en
https://techtrickz.com/how-to/...gle-maps-route-data/
https://support.google.com/map...-as-a-gpx-file?hl=en
But the most reliable method is using an actual GPS to create a GPX file which can be imported to most mapping software. There are a number of Apple and Android apps that can do it as well.
https://www.garmin.com/en-US/software/basecamp/
One last thought: try Waze. It’s been a while but I think you may be able to do it in Waze, too. I stopped using Google for a travel maps a long time ago. The Waze LEO alert is priceless.
FYI, the mighty Google bought Waze part and parcel a while back. The "speed trap alert" has carried over to Google maps as well.
Another vote for the Waze. My wife always insists on using Google maps, and IMHO it sucks completely compared to Waze. We'll be traveling somewhere, and when she's driving she'll turn on her Google thingy. Frequently, I'll turn on my Waze app, too, in the passenger seat, just to check on "what's really going on." ;-)
One thing I like about the Waze is how it’s easy to report road hazards, speed traps, etc with just a couple of taps on the screen. I haven’t ever tried it in Google to see if it’s just as easy.
All of the highway cops I know use WAZE and they delete the speed trap alerts when they're posted. 
@Robert M posted:All of the highway cops I know use WAZE and they delete the speed trap alerts when they're posted.
... and we keep updating them as fast as they're deleted. They're amazingly accurate. The combination of a Valentine 1 and Waze running has kept me ticket-free for 4 years now (and that, my friends, is a Christmas Miracle).
As an aside, every LEO I know is a solid dude who isn't a fan of the whole "speed trap as a revenue stream" thing.
I have driven the route from DC suburbs to VABeach many times and thoroughly enjoy the Rte 17 "by-pass". Avoiding I95 at all costs. It gets a little stop-light-y as you approach I64, but overall is a fine ride. Especially now that it's four lanes all the way. Did not used to be that some years ago. And I always stop at Horne's. As to the car show, looks really awesome, and I'll give it a thought for next year. Main idea would be: to give your little blue rocket some competition for that first place "trophy". That is, if it's still yours and you're down for the event.
The most exciting ride we've done in the DC area was taking the advice of someone at the Holiday Inn at Baltimore Airport to take RT 50 across Washington at morning Rush Hour to avoid the Beltway, and pick up I-95 at the bottom of the Beltway.
"You can take RT 50 from I-95 down to I-395 South and back to I-95. Everyone will be going IN to the city and you'll be going OUT!" 😁
Sounded good to us. We get onto RT 50 west and EVERYONE is doing 85mph (no joke - Really 85mph) and going IN towards the city, just like us. And they're weaving in and out all over the place. I'm usually pretty calm when driving. On RT 50 I was simply terrified. At the same time I'm trying not to get us both killed, my "navigator" is pointing out historic landmarks - "Look, Honey! There's the Jefferson Monument!...... Ooooo..... There's the Smithsonian!" 🥺
We finally get over to I-395 and it seemed like nobody else got the message about going into the city because everyone seemed to be heading South along with us and STILL doing 85mph.
We finally got to I-95 south and I swear that the traffic didn't let up until we got to Quantico. I don't now how you people live there - It's a nutty place.
... being retired helps. One simply does not go there. Also the subway (Metro) usually works well.
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Good show on showing well at what looks to have been a good show!
We find 100 miles a day just comfy on multi-day road trips, 200 a stretch. I'm a bit of a nerd studying Google maps before a trip across untested roads, even checking out streetview of key intersections ahead of time so I know what the turn looks like, and then try to commit it all to memory. Juggling a phone while driving the Speedster just doesn't work for me.
And I can't see how the waffles could have possibly disappointed at someplace called Pocahontas Pancakes.
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That thing I'm holding up is the EZ PASS transponder. It absolutely accepted it.
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Ed, it's not the bridge toll they want.
It's a fine for riding a pedal car on the interstate.
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@Sacto Mitch posted:.Ed, it's not the bridge toll they want.
It's a fine for riding a pedal car on the interstate..
Gentlemen, we have our third professional.
Don't try this at home, kids.
@Sacto Mitch posted:.
Ed, it's not the bridge toll they want.
It's a fine for riding a pedal car on the interstate.
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Now, that is extremely funny, and clever, might I add. Well done, Mitch.
As for maps, my traditional brain still relies on those things that are/were printed on paper. Call is nostalgia, call it habit, but I enjoy being able to view a large expanse of area when I'm looking for a town, route, etc. Use GPS, and you'll usually get to where you want to go, but you might not really know where you are.
Disclaimer: I also read real books.
@Sacto Mitch posted:.
Ed, it's not the bridge toll they want.
It's a fine for riding a pedal car on the interstate.
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For whom does the bell Toll? The bell Tolls for thee, @edsnova
Did you guys see what I did there? "Toll" indeed, both "Mitch" and bridge.
I've gotta say, Ed - you just look right in that car.
@Bob: IM S6 posted:Disclaimer: I also read real books.
But do you also color inside the lines in those books?
I keep eating the crayons before I'm finished.
@Sacto Mitch posted:.
Ed, it's not the bridge toll they want.
It's a fine for riding a pedal car on the interstate.
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BWAAAAAH!
@Stan Galat posted:But do you also color inside the lines in those books?
I keep eating the crayons before I'm finished.
Try lip gloss instead - works much better, but doesn't come in a variety of colours.