{"id":13344,"date":"2017-05-21T07:19:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T11:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=13344"},"modified":"2017-05-21T10:39:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T14:39:08","slug":"the-gps-really-is-trying-to-kill-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/13344","title":{"rendered":"The GPS Really Is Trying to Kill Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve joked repeatedly that the GPS hates us and is trying to kill us. (&#8220;Here! Take this turn down a dark alley filled with vampires! Best route!&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>Here is pictorial evidence of it. Lost Creek State Park Road is a little wider than a lane and a half, full of switch backs, and much of the road is cut into the side of the mountain, so if you miss, you&#8217;re doing down the side of the hill.<\/p>\n<p>You can see clearly here, the GPS believes the speed limit for this road is 55 MPH. Michael is driving 25 MPH.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/33940053104\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"The GPS really is trying to kill us. This is NOT a 55 mph road.\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4180\/33940053104_852f53b554_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"The GPS really is trying to kill us. This is NOT a 55 mph road.\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Michael has edged up to 30 MPH, but that&#8217;s really the limit for this road.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/34781811785\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"The GPS really is trying to kill us. This is NOT a 55 mph road.\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4180\/34781811785_beaa1a8fe8_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"The GPS really is trying to kill us. This is NOT a 55 mph road.\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Also: potholes and uneven road!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/33940059744\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"The GPS really is trying to kill us. This is NOT a 55 mph road.\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4275\/33940059744_0fb5ba95ee_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"The GPS really is trying to kill us. This is NOT a 55 mph road.\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But really, why would you want to drive super fast? The view is beautiful and well-worth admiring.<\/p>\n<p>We had an excellent dinner and dessert at O&#8217;Neills in Moorefield. We&#8217;d stopped here the first time we went to Lost River, and then spent the intervening years trying to figure out WHAT that restaurant was.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/34396342680\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"The GPS really is trying to kill us. This is NOT a 55 mph road.\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4196\/34396342680_ae8d4a2b0c_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"The GPS really is trying to kill us. his is NOT a 55 mph road.\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve joked repeatedly that the GPS hates us and is trying to kill us. (&#8220;Here! Take this turn down a dark alley filled with vampires! Best route!&#8221;) Here is pictorial evidence of it. 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