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RV GPS navigation: Your GPS could be leading you into trouble

Most RVers trust their RV GPS navigation. They also have at least one story about it being spectacularly wrong. Maybe it routed you toward...

Google Maps rolls out biggest upgrade in over a decade with new AI and 3D navigation

Google is making a major push into AI-powered travel and navigation, announcing what it calls the biggest upgrade to Google Maps in more than...

How to use a compass

By Cheri Sicard It may seem basic, but if you never went to scouts and nobody ever showed you, how are you supposed to learn?...

Don’t get stuck — Have a ‘Plan B’ when boondocking

By Bob Difley If you are reading this you might be either (A) a boondocker, or (B) thinking of becoming a boondocker. The very fact...

How to ask Google Maps, “Where are you taking me?”

by Chris Guld, GeeksOnTour.com We use Google Maps to navigate all of the time. Sometimes, I need to remind myself exactly where it is navigating...

Google Maps can find your next rest stop

There are lots of apps that can tell you where the rest stops are, but they don’t know where you’re going. It can be...

Urban RV driving tips

By Russ and Tiña De Maris Some of the most white-knuckle experiences that RVers can have is negotiating urban traffic in an RV. Traffic is...

How do you force Google Maps to go the way you want?

Google Maps is navigating and telling you to go one way but you want to go a different way. What do you do? For one...

Husband’s forgetfulness causing navigation issues

Dear RV Shrink: My husband likes to be in charge of navigation. He controls the GPS, reads the maps, plots our course, and likes to...

Already nervous RV driver led astray by expensive GPS

Dear RV Shrink: My wife bought me a new GPS for my birthday. It's an expensive, big rig model. It is supposed to have all...

Trip planning with fun in mind – use Roadtrippers

Over the years of traveling by RV, we've evolved. From wandering, to sightseeing, to working on the road. This summer, my husband and I...

Reader letter – First RV trip a disaster!

By Gary Hammond Last summer was our first time to “camp” in an RV. For 15 years, we had only been in tent trailers. We began...