After nearly 5 straight weeks away from home due to work, I finally have a week in Denver, some of which I’m consuming preparing to leave again. We’re heading to Tucson, AZ to spend Thanksgiving with my parents and grandparents. Julie and I thought: “Hey… we haven’t spent nearly an eternity in the car with our kids lately… why don’t we drive? And as long as we’re at it, let’s take the long way through Moab. But check the dog into the kennel. That would just be silly to bring him as well.”
We’ve never been to Moab, UT or southeast Utah, so it seemed the natural choice. I fully anticipate we’ll regret our decision at some point. On the plus side, I’ve used this trip as justification to buy a new gadget: a TomTom ONE 3rd Edition portable GPS navigation system. According to Amazon.com where I ordered mine, it’s “The world’s best-selling portable navigation device.” The company is based in Amsterdam and started out in 1991 making software for Palm devices, then switched to navigation software about 6 years ago. Since Europe is a pretty tricky place to navigate, I’m guessing their stuff is solid, but if we get lost in the high desert, TomTom will be getting a nasty-gram from yours truly. I’ll probably send it to their head of Investor Relations who happens to be named Taco.
This introduction made, I think the next few entries will attempt to document our, ummm, adventure including mishaps, feats of derring-do, thoughts on the TomTom ONE and places we’re reviewing in yelp. Stay tuned.
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