Mapping Software for Your Motorcycle Trip
OK, I’m going to shill a bit here but it’s a product I use and believe in and I’ll make it worth your while to read this.
I was contacted the other day by a fellow working with Microsoft to market their Streets & Trips application. He offered me a free 2011 version and also offered to provide free copies to a few of the folks who read this blog.
Now, the fact is, I’ve been using Streets & Trips ever since I starting building the www.MotorcycleColorado.com website back in 2005. Every map on the site was created using Streets & Trips. And when I got a new computer I bought a new version of the application because the old version wouldn’t run on the 64-bit processor in the new machine.
That’s all to say, I like it, it’s easy to use, and it does everything I need it to do. In fact, it does a lot I don’t even use it for. I don’t have a GPS unit but if you do you can use Streets & Trips to generate files for your GPS. Don’t ask me to explain what it does or how because, as I said, it’s not a feature I use, but it’s there. And honestly, the 2011 version is not a lot different from the 2009 version I’ve been running. But if you don’t have any version, getting your hands on the latest could be very cool.
So here’s the deal. As part of this marketing campaign, Microsoft is running a “Cruisin’ the National Parks Trivia Sweepstakes” through the end of this month. Visit the site, answer the trivia question put up each week, and you could wina $50 Visa gift card. On that same page there’s a button to “like” Streets & Trips on Facebook and for everyone who does Microsoft will be giving $1 to the National Parks Foundation.
And here’s your chance to pick up a free copy of the software. Leave a comment at the bottom of this blog post telling about the most amazing thing you’ve seen riding your motorcycle through a national park. Three of the best stories will be selected and you’ll get a copy. When posting your comment be sure to leave your valid email address because I’ll need to contact you to tell you you’ve won and get mailing info to provide to Microsoft so they can send it to you. Ready? Set? Go!
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Biker Quote for Today
Any adventure journey has secret destinations unknown to the traveler.
August 18th, 2011 at 12:19 pm
My most amazing thing I have seen riding through a national park, is the spectacular views you have all around you when you are riding Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. When you combine the views with the almost certainty to see wildlife, bighorn sheep, moose, elk, beaver and the like, I find Trail Ridge Road always a delight to ride.
August 18th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Best dual sport ride ever:
Starting in Canyonlands National Park, riding into Manti La Sal National Forest, then into BLM lands Beef Basin! 120 Mile loop.
Details here:
http://www.laura-n-sasha.com/September2010.html
August 18th, 2011 at 8:42 pm
My most amazing adventure was while I was riding a USA 4 corners tour in 2005. Having lived in Colorado all my life, I am thrilled to watch a harbor scene, and Pass Christian, Mississippi was no exception.
I took some pictures of a shrimper boat named “Luna Sea”, as I enjoyed the name, when pronounced quickly. 3 weeks later, this same boat was featured on the news because it was “parked” in front of a casino, 1/4 mile inland, after hurricane Katrina slammed into the coast. It was a broken and battered wreck of a boat, but the 79 year old captain and his 2 dogs survived the carnage.
I gave credits to an amazing story of survival in the local paper, that I have posted on my website.
Click on link below:
http://motorcyclemaniac.net/Pictures/Ships/page/image11a.htm