The problem, I've discovered, is that when you use Walking directions you often end up on roads that are either dirt or true walking paths. I've been caught off-guard a couple times by this problem.
As I drew this weekend's route, I noticed the camera icon next to many of the turns. Clicking the icon shows you what kind of road you're getting ready to turn on. Voila! I found this gem, the turn after Bud Geddie Road. Have a look. Notice the "road" is unnamed in the directions.
It appears to be a tractor path across a tobacco field -- in fact, you can see the tractor. It's only 1.3 miles, and may go through, but just in case I'll have a Plan B for that section.
Thank you, Google.
5 comments:
Good thing Google has images for some of the roads -- could be a bit of an unpleasant surprise to find a dirt road when you weren't expecting it.
Hope you have a great trip down to the beach!
BTW: looks like the tobacco on the right is ready to be harvested.
-byron
the last few years i've found i really have a blast riding dirt and gravel on skinny tires. not so sure about that eastern sandy stuff.
df
Well, a tractor path through tobacco fields is better than some of the non-existant roads that google, yahoo, and mapquest insist exist.
Um,yeah, ... that pic is the ultimate bike magnet. Looks like fun!
Yr pal, Dr C
Hi, Mike,
It might not be too long until Google does it right. It looks as though they have several tricycles mapping out bikeable routes:
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/ap/nation/article_a463127a-c304-51d0-b968-b02c2f93e3b1.html
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