Planning a trip to VA (Page 11): I just looked it up. It's no longer available, but there were several alternatives listed. All of them were, unfortunately, out of my price range!

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

David in Dallas wrote:

MS Streets & Trips. I use it a lot. My editi... (show quote)

I just looked it up. It's no longer available, but there were several alternatives listed. All of them were, unfortunately, out of my price range!

JBRIII

AzPicLady wrote:

I just looked it up. It's no longer available, but there were several alternatives listed. All of them were, unfortunately, out of my price range!

Good Rand McNalley road atlas is also very useful at finding alternate routes you may miss on a digital screen. In 2014, we found several good alternates to 80 and 70 (know does not go directly there, need to head north on other roads) to get from Denver to Salt Lake city. Certainly more scenic and generally still divided highways, so time not horrible.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

JBRIII wrote:

Good Rand McNalley road atlas is also very useful at finding alternate routes you may miss on a digital screen. In 2014, we found several good alternates to 80 and 70 (know does not go directly there, need to head north on other roads) to get from Denver to Salt Lake city. Certainly more scenic and generally still divided highways, so time not horrible.

I love atlases. Mine is so worn because I've poured over it, dreaming of trips I want to take and things I want to see!

jwreed50 Loc: Manassas, VA

I live in Manassas, VA. Lots of sites around here: 1) the Manassas Battlefield National Park; 2) the train station; 3) the Manassas Museum; 4) Old Town Manassas.

If you are going into DC from Manassas, the easiest way to get there is via the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) train. Several trains inbound to DC in the morning and other trains back to Manassas in the late afternoon/evening. Definitely beats the traffic on I-66.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

jwreed50 wrote:

I live in Manassas, VA. Lots of sites around here: 1) the Manassas Battlefield National Park; 2) the train station; 3) the Manassas Museum; 4) Old Town Manassas.

If you are going into DC from Manassas, the easiest way to get there is via the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) train. Several trains inbound to DC in the morning and other trains back to Manassas in the late afternoon/evening. Definitely beats the traffic on I-66.

Thanks. I'll be in good hands, once I get there!

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

AzPicLady wrote:

I just looked it up. It's no longer available, but there were several alternatives listed. All of them were, unfortunately, out of my price range!

I'm sorry to learn that--apparently it was discontinued in 2014 (mine is maybe from 2012). It was never ported to Windows 10 (I run Win7Pro). When I first started doing trip planning with computer mapping, it was MS MapPoint I used. MapPoint was really geared for business users (salespeople) but it had all the features I wanted. After a few years MS discontinued MapPoint and I changed to S&T, which was similar (but not compatible). Now I guess I'm glad I had not upgraded to W10, because I use S&T a lot.

I guess the software world expects everyone to use those little GPS gadgets to do map planning--I don't see it.

I found this application: https://roadtrippers.com/plus/?msclkid=9e712f6989221e4f31614fee839690fe&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Search%20-%20RT%20-%20Nonbrand&utm_term=%2Bhow%20%2Bto%20%2Bplan%20%2Ba%20%2Btrip&utm_content=nonbrand%20-%20mb and there is a free version. I tried it with the same begin and end points I used above and it generated what appeared to be the same route--with points of interested noted. You might like it.

Apparently it is also possible to use Google Maps to do trip planning. I also tried out the Rand McNally Tripmaker https://tripmaker.randmcnally.com/ and got the same route (with one tweak)--it offers a lot of possible things to see along the route.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

David in Dallas wrote:

I'm sorry to learn that--apparently it was discont... (show quote)

A GPS is really good for getting one to a destination. It doesn't tell one anything about what to see along the way.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

Try out the Rand McNally TripMaker. I created an account and it didn't ask for money. It has quite a few options.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

David in Dallas wrote:

Try out the Rand McNally TripMaker. I created an account and it didn't ask for money. It has quite a few options.

I'll do that.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

David in Dallas wrote:

Try out the Rand McNally TripMaker. I created an account and it didn't ask for money. It has quite a few options.

I've done that. That's a powerful program! Thanks.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

AzPicLady wrote:

I've done that. That's a powerful program! Thanks.

Glad to be of help.

OleMe Loc: Montgomery Co., MD

Great tip for trips. Did a better job going to an obscure location in the Catskills than Google Maps, especially with the drag to create an alternate route. THANKS.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

OleMe wrote:

Great tip for trips. Did a better job going to an obscure location in the Catskills than Google Maps, especially with the drag to create an alternate route. THANKS.

Amen to that. And it added a lot of the Daniel Boone stuff in KY I wanted!

OleMe Loc: Montgomery Co., MD

Ah, whiskey. Bourbon Road. Horse farms, scenery, etc.

P.S. When we went by Ft. Knox the first time, I noticed all of the high security fencing and thought it was a prison! Until we approached more closely.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

OleMe wrote:

Ah, whiskey. Bourbon Road. Horse farms, scenery, etc.

P.S. When we went by Ft. Knox the first time, I noticed all of the high security fencing and thought it was a prison! Until we approached more closely.