Maggie, Simon and the Laptop

Steve decided before the trip that we needed a navigational devise. One that would get us around in the big cities. We started off with a middle of the line Magellan that we shortly named Maggie. Maggie was pretty stupid. Well, not stupid but uninformed. You see, they need updates for road construction and road changes and she didn't have any. So, in Maryland we switched to Garmin. We changed the settings on him to an English accent. We call him Simon, after Simon Cowell because of the accent and because he is bossy. We had high hopes for Simon but he has been a bit of a disappointment too. Steve is also a weak link in this particular chain. He does not have the ability to convert the image on the screen to the road image. Consequently, he takes turns too early. Steve really doesn't need navigation. He is very good at driving in the city and reading signs. We thought it would be handy in the city but the cities are constantly changing their roads and the navigation systems aren't updated enough. So, we end up not listening to him a lot.