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Did you know that you can search for campgrounds using google maps right from HitchUpandGo?

At the top of the RV Website Directory page you will find a search box. In the "Search:" box just select "Google Maps". Then in the "For:" box type what you are searching for. In this case you would type something like "campgrounds near Orlando, fl".

After the map loads you can zoom in and out to show just as many campgrounds you like. This also works well for anything else you may want to find like gas stations, restaurants, etc.

Featured Blog: Tin In The Wind

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We have begun our new life of leisure, retired, full-time (class of 2006), and following our dream.  Explore our site and you can get a glimpse of our previous lives and learn what it has taken to get here.  What the pitfalls were/are on the journey and how dreams evolve in to reality. We are now living in, and excited about our future travels in our dream home "The Tin in the Wind".  We have had the guidance and council of several "Full-Time RV friends (you know who you are) and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.  Our son's and daughters-in-law continue to be as excited as we are and for that we are grateful.  Please join us in following our adventures. .

I’ll Tell You Where You Can Go!

by Tim R. Enright
Have we finally gotten to the point where we are letting computers tell us all where we can go? I do have to admit that when it comes to mapping out a RV road trip, there isn’t a handier gadget than a GPS device. Gone are the days of laying maps out on the hood of our cars and stopping at gas stations for directions only to forget if the guy at the station told us to turn right or left at the red house with the little white picket fence in the front yard.

The GPS device has changed the way we travel. You may, however, want to take the machine’s advice with a grain of salt. They have been known to outright lie. We once ended up on a small winding dirt road towing our 5th wheel through the hills of Vermont because the GPS told us it was the way to go. I think these little map-in-a-box devices get some sort of thrill getting us to drive down roads that we would otherwise never go down on our own.

My wife and I usually map out our trip in advance using a software program like Microsoft Streets and Trips. This allows us to map out where we travel on each leg of our journey and how long we will be staying at each site. From this we can create a traveling timeline of places. The software also gives us an idea of the fuel costs, road construction and times of the day we may be traveling though large towns with heavy traffic.

As we are traveling we put the points we are heading to into our GPS unit. The GPS shows us turn by turn how to get to our destination. We can also find gas, food and rest stops along the way. With our unit we can also find campground information. This allows us to pull over for the night when we find an unscheduled area where we would like to stay.

Love ‘em or leave ‘em, GPS is here to stay. I could never go back to unfolding a street map again. I certainly don’t know anyone who can fold those maps back up the way they were when they were purchased anyway.

Article Courtesy of : BugSmacker : Copyright 2010

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