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2. Page 45 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Campground Affiliations 12 757 34 ACN stt 309 All Campgrounds for Less stt 273 AOR stt 305 Best Holiday stt 228 Best Parks in America stt 261 C2C BPA stt 224 C2C Classic stt 269 C2C Deluxe stt 289 C2C Encore Elite stt 224 C2C Encore stt 261 C2C Good Neighbor Park stt 273 CampClub USA stt 930 Enjoy America stt 462 Good Sam stt 1 341 Happy Camper stt 740 KOA stt 515 North American Camping Club stt 277 Outdoor Resorts stt 224 Passport America stt 1 188 Recreation USA stt 349 Resorts of Distinction stt 285 RPI Preferred stt 285 RPI stt 248 SKP Co Op stt 224 SKP Discount stt 676 SKP Rainbow stt 220 TT Encore stt 265 TT Leisure Time stt 220 TT Mid Atlantic stt 220 TT NACO stt 228 TT Outdoor World stt 224 TT Thousand Trails stt 232 Western Horizon stt 224 Yogi Bear stt 272 Campgrounds 17 560 25 Military stt 333 Private CGs Low Cost stt 1 458 Private CGs Top Rated stt 656 Private CGs With WiFi stt 3 034 Private CGs Without WiFi stt 4 082 Public CGs BLM stt 293 Public CGs Canadian Natl Park stt 248 Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 46 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Public CGs Canadian Prov
3. ACN So if you point POI Loader to Campground Affiliations it will load all of the files i this folder to your Garmin unit That probably isn t what you want to do so here s a recommended alternative 1 There isafolder in 2011 Garmin Files entitled My Favorite Garmin Files 2 This folder initially has one file Private Campgrounds All in it 3 Go into each of the folders in 2011 Garmin Files and select any additional files you may want Do this by holding the CTRL key on your keyboard while selecting the individual files that you want When you have selected the last file that you want RIGHT CLICK on your mouse You should get a window that includes a COPY command Select COPY 4 Now go to the folder My Favorite Garmin Files Paste the copied CSV files into this folder 5 Repeat the above for each of the folders in 2011 Garmin Files When you are through My Favorite Garmin Files will contain all of the files that you want 6 Now run POI Loader and point to My Favorite Garmin Files which is now filled with the files that you want POI Loader will then load these files into your Garmin This should work for you It might sound complicated but it s really not And you only have to do this once unless you want to add or delete files in your new folder Two other alternatives for loading your Garmin are discussed on the next page Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 24 R
4. Save as Type back to stt Per a a i n m Y Big Rig Campgrounds stt Y BIs Camping World Costco and Trader You will now be pointing to the Templates folder menn se Go ahead and Save Best Stopsstt BRestaurants stt RV Directions a Computer File name ow Cost Private Campgrounds stt Mi Save Saveastype Map Template sit z Cal New n bom a agu Big Rig BJs Camping Casino Campgrounds World Cos Campgrounds Low Cost Rest Stops Restaurants Private Ca 3 The template file will be saved to the Templates folder and will be accessible every time that you open a NEW file in Streets amp Trips ac Lens Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 15 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Creating Your Own Group Of Locations 1 Streets amp Trips 2010 and Streets amp Trips 2011 allow you to selectively add and subtract location groups Versions before this do not This can be inconvenient if you normally want to see two or more groups on your map display For example when I travel I want to stay at campgrounds that have WiFi I also want to see where the next rest area is And I also want to see where the next truck stop is So the display I look for would include truck stops rest areas and campgrounds with WiFi You would have your own list of location groups to display If you were a member of Passport America for exampl
5. dit View Data Route Tools Help File E D New an k EPJARL Z DD S je Open Ct O v Find QO Save Ctrl 5 Save As Mi Saveas Web Page Manage Saved Web Pages QA Page Setup 8 Print Ctri P Send To Export Map for Pocket Streets 1 Public Campgrounds stt Aass SETT GE ki gt Computer HP CG RVDirections EI Organize W Slide Show EE Views w LM Explore E E mail Bayern Name Date modified Type Size S amp T Basic Location Group S amp T Campground Affiliations E Pra SA Basic Location Group E M SA Campground Affiliations M Tools SEA Manual On The Use Of RV Directions 2008 pdf Folders Mi Cor t mld D Se Gr m HP C RVDirections S amp T Basic Location Lan Organize 6 If you are running Streets amp Trips 2007 or later you will see this message gt Click OK You will only have to do this the first time Favorite Name Date modified Type Size E o W Best Value Campgrounds stt Big Rig Campgrounds stt P Bis Camping World Costco and Trader Joes stt B m Y Casino Campgrounds stt WA Golf Courses stt g Low Cost Private Campgrounds stt Folders Military Campgrounds stt Com VW Private Campgrounds stt HP BH Public Campgrounds stt 1 Y Rest Stops stt ds di p Eg Restaurants stt BP Truck Stops stt di D BH Walmart stt ili e Mowetsveoa os SN ta This file was created w
6. IMPORTANT NOTICE RV Directions LLC provides RV Directions 2011 and this publication as is without warranty of any kind either express or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose Some states or jurisdictions do not allow disclaimer of express or implied warranties in certain transactions therefore this statement may not apply to you RV Directions LLC reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of RV Directions LLC to notify any person of such revision or changes RV Directions does not warrant guarantee or endorse any of the campgrounds organizations or businesses identified in this publication or in the RV Directions 2011 product RV Directions does not assume any responsibility and expressly disclaims any liability for errors omissions or inaccuracies pertaining to the information in this publication or in the RV Directions 2011 product TRADEMARKS AND CREDITS All company names or product names referenced in the product or in this document may be the trademarks of their respective holders Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 2 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual CONTENTS 1 Introduction 4 2 What s New In The 2011 Release 6 3 Product Overview 7 4 Interpretation Of Information 8 5 Product Installation 10 6 Using The Product With Streets amp Trips 11 Creating
7. Manual Other location categories will also contain information that is relevant to the location Truck stop location information includes availability of propane and dump facilities as well as identification of restaurants and food services associated with the truck stop Rest stop location information includes availability of food and gas and RV dump facilities Camping World information includes availability of dump and propane facilities and defines if overnight parking is allowed Walmart Cabela s and Bass Pro Shop location information describes if overnight parking is allowed Cracker Barrel and Bob Evans restaurants will describe if parking for RV s is available Hospital information includes hospital size number of beds The four RV service organizations each indicate the type of facility And more Please read the following pages for additional information Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 5 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual There are many new features and improvements in the RV Directions 2011 release These are summarized below What s New In the 2011 Release NEW FEATURES 1 Expanded Coverage Of Canadian Locations 2 New Campground Affiliations a b Best Parks In America North American Camping Club 3 More Campgrounds a b 12 336 Private Campgrounds 10 650 Public Campgrounds 4 More Truck Stops a 2 428 Truck Stops 5 New Recreation Locations a b c Gun Clubs
8. Park stt 523 Public CGs Canadian Prov Preserve stt 224 Public CGs COE stt 478 Public CGs Local Park stt 865 Public CGs National Forest stt 1 575 Public CGs National Monument stt 224 Public CGs National Park stt 321 Public CGs National Rec Area stt 228 Public CGs National Seashore stt 220 Public CGs National Wildlife Refuge stt 220 Public CGs State Beach stt 220 Public CGs State Conservation Area stt 220 Public CGs State Forest stt 317 Public CGs State Park stt 849 Public CGs State Preserve stt 228 Public CGs State Rec Area stt 305 Public CGs TVA stt 219 Public CGs Wildlife Mgmt Area stt 224 Dealing With Emergencies 6 978 6 Hospital Medical stt 2 280 Hospital Pet stt 3 099 RV Service Camping World stt 252 RV Service CumminsOnan stt 434 RV Service Freightliner stt 482 RV Service Good Sam stt 432 Fraternal Lodges 1 402 3 Eagles stt 256 Elks stt 781 Moose stt 365 On The Road Locations 8 126 21 Bridges Under 10 Foot stt 231 Bridges 10 Foot to 11 Foot stt 235 Bridges 11 Foot to 12 Foot stt 268 Bridges 12 Foot to 13 Foot stt 344 Bridges 13 Foot to 14 Foot stt 526 Bridges 14 Foot to 15 Foot stt 432 Mountain Passes amp Grades stt 292 Rest Stops All Locations stt 756 Rest Stops with Dump stt 288 Rest Stops without Dump stt 667 Truck Stop All Locations stt 1 180 Truck Stop Bosselman stt 216 Truck Stop Flying J stt 265 Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Pa
9. provide overnight RV parking facilities to traveling Eagle Elk or Moose members Many private campgrounds are rated in RV Directions 2011 The ratings can range from 0 to 100 The ratings are based upon compilation and averaging of the ratings of several campground rating sources In other words they provide a reasonable consensus opinion of the quality of a campground Most campgrounds private and public will have an indication of the typical cost for a night s stay with full hookups if available for a two people in a motor home The cost categories are under 20 20 to 30 30 to 40 and over 40 Internet access has become increasingly important to today s RV er Probably the most popular form of internet access is WiFi where the RV er can establish an internet connection from within his or her own RV Consequently RV Directions has included WiFi information for private campgrounds RV Directions 2011 when used with one of the map programs will show the location of a point of interest by a colored icon Information about each campground such as cost ratings site characteristics etc is readily available by selecting the icon in Streets and Trips or by selecting Info Street Atlas In addition the icon itself may provide information about the campground such as WiFi availability or RV parking availability The same information is available for a Garmin GPS unit Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 4 RV Directions 2011 User s
10. 2010 Streets Garmin Files Spectacular tlas Files amp Trips Files Road Trip B My Documents And select 2011 Street Atlas Files ae Computer ti NOTE The graphics show references to Mwa 2010 You will see these references as 2011 sd Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 18 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Using The Product With Street Atlas 2 S Add Data to Maps oar j Then sel reet Atlas folder In thi e en select a Street Atlas folde this MGmgens 3 mera example we have selected the Camp EPI lid ll he a modified p b grounds Folder li Eks dds 3 6 2009 10 38 AM DDS File DeLorme Docs __ Military dds 3 6 2009 10 38 AM DDS File Private Campgrounds Best Value dds 3 6 2009 10 38 AM DDS File A A Private Campgrounds Big Rig dds 3 6 2009 10 38 AM DDS File The dds files in this folder will show up Sos OOE Goss 7 __ Private Campgrounds Top Rated dds 3 6 2009 10 38 AM DDS File Private Campgrounds with Golf dds 3 6 2009 10 38 AM DDS File Private Campgrounds with WiFi dds 3 6 2009 10 38 AM DDS File Private Campgrounds without WiFi dds 3 6 2009 10 38 AM DDS File Public Campgrounds BLM dds 3 6 2009 10 38 AM DDS File a __ Public Campgrounds COE dds 3 6 2009 10 38 AM DDS File We ll use Private Campgrounds Low Cost Drie Gaerin stat re E __ Public Campgrounds National Parks dds 3 6 2009 10 38 AM DDS File Public Campgrounds NFS dds 3 6 2009 10 38 AM
11. 2011 Page 48 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Super Walmart RV Parking OK stt 873 Trader Joes stt 365 Walmart All Stores stt 752 Walmart No RV Parking stt 301 Walmart RV Parking OK stt 644 RV Directions 2011 Users Manual Release 1 doc 4 145 2011 Tools 24 415 1 109 Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 49
12. 28 Happy Camper csv 125 KOA csv 97 North American Camping Club csv 17 Outdoor Resorts csv 2 Passport America csv 243 Recreation USA csv 33 ROD csv 17 RPI Preferred csv 17 RPI csv 8 SKP Co Op csv 1 SKP Discount csv 115 SKP Rainbow Park csv 1 TT Encore csv 16 TT Leisure Time csv 1 TT Mid Atlantic csv 1 TT NACO csv 2 Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 40 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual TT Outdoor World csv 1 TT Thousand Trails csv 4 Western Horizon csv 2 Yogi Bear csv 15 Campgrounds 3 259 27 BLM CGs csv 24 Canadian National Park CG csv 11 COE CGs csv 71 Local Campgrounds csv 183 Low Cost Campgrounds csv 268 Military Campgrounds csv 27 National Forest CG csv 451 National Monument CG csv 3 National Park CG csv 36 National Rec Area CG csv 5 National Seashore CG csv 1 National Wildlife Refuge CG csv 1 Other Public CGs csv 10 Other State Campgrounds csv 1 Private CGs with WiFi csv 796 Private CGs without WiFi csv 879 Provincial Park csv 92 Provincial Preserve csv 3 State Beach csv 2 State Conservation Area csv 2 State Forest csv 30 State Park csv 194 State Preserve csv 5 State Recreation Area csv 29 Top Rated Campgrounds csv 131 TVA CGs csv 2 WMA CGs csv 2 Dealing With Emergencies 1 806 6 Hospitals Medical csv 713 Hospitals Pet csv 828 Service Camping World csv 17 Service CumminsO
13. 40460 Co Rd 90 Mazeppa MN 55956 507 843 3611 Local CG MN Ponderosa Campground That brings up the detail screen where we can see all of the detail on the Ponderosa Campground Good CG Avg Value 80 sites 0 PThrus 30x50 50 Amps We can return to the summary screen by pressing Back where we can go to the locations Map Release 1 1 March 8 2011 From Jct of US 52 amp CR 12 MP66 E 2 mi on CR 12 to CR 27 N 3 5 mi follow signs L RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Using The Product With Your Garmin GPS Device 4 At this point we can Save the location to our Favorites or we can select Go to start on our journey M Set Loc Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 29 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Using The Scenic Drive Information Often times when we are on a cross country trip we use the interstate highway system for most of the trip Unfortunately this causes us to miss out on a lot of the scenic beauty that America offers In the past I have used a book published by Readers Digest entitled The Most Scenic Drives In America to help me deal with this problem This book contains 120 scenic drives throughout the entire country Oftentimes my desired route is not too far from one of the routes in the book For example I have traveled from Houston to New Orleans many times The standard route for this trip shown on the top of the next page is approximately 348 miles long following I 10
14. Ciian Abbeville E a Sabine National D Port Arte iita Retugs 20 Thibodaux ki y Ce Baytown r Ga mi White Morgan City Lake dy la sn hoya 15 Sa uma hoj Texas a ot Atchafalaya Deta Wildlife Management EI a Area Venice A Galveston Angleton Lake Jackson L a Bay City e ki 2 8 Gulf of Mexico Trip Routing From Houston to New Orleans Using Scenic Drive 79 Bayou Byways 507 Miles Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 31 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Using The Scenic Drive Information Index Of Drives 1 EASTERN STATES CONNECTICUT Litchfield Hills Drive 92 79 Miles FLORIDA Gulf Coast Drive Drive 118 245 Miles FLORIDA Road To Flamingo Drive 119 73 Miles FLORIDA Overseas Highway Drive 120 133 Miles GEORGIA North Georgia Highlands Drive 116 180 Miles GEORGIA Georgia s Colonial Coast Drive 117 223 Miles INDIANA Indiana Hill and Dale Drive 101 131 Miles KENTUCKY Blue Grass to Pennyroyal Drive 104 278 Miles MAINE Maine Coast Drive 80 388 Miles MAINE Mount Desert Island Drive 81 73 Miles MARYLAND Maryland Panhandle Drive 98 190 Miles MARYLAND Eastern Shore Sampler Drive 99 116 Miles MASSACHUSETTS Mohawk Trail Drive 90 76 Miles MASSACHUSETTS Cape Cod s Sandy Shores Drive 91 95 Miles NEW HAMPSHIRE New Hampshire Highlights Drive 88 108 Miles MEW HAMPSHIRE White Mountain Wonderland Drive 89 140 Miles NEW JER
15. DDS File L Public Campgrounds State Parks dds 3 6 2009 10 38 AM DDS File _ CE n File name Private Campgrounds Low Cost x Files of type xData Datasets dds ka lik After selecting this file click on Add And the selected Low Cost Campgrounds will appear on the map a oun TOER gt 00 5 ee Route Fies ot Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 19 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual 3 Using The Product With Street Atlas t Place the cursor over the campground location that you re interested in and right click 5 m 1 Yi A small window will appear as shown here Click on Info A display like this will appear at the bottom of Your display You are interested in the XData line If there is a at the start of the line click on it HH XData Low Cost CG C RVDirections SA Basic Location Group Private Camp H 64776 Osceola MO ZIP Code H St Clair County M0185 US County Missouri MO US State United States US Country H Mouse Click Position El FM Radio Coverage Area Hl AM Radio Coverage Area Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 20 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Using The Product With Street Atlas 4 Clicking on the will result in the display of the detail for the selected campground as shown below Notice the Map internet address If you are on the internet you can click on this line and get a satellite display of the location
16. NASCAR Race Tracks Skiing Locations 6 New Shopping Locations a b Home Depot K Mart 7 Medical Care for Pets a Hospitals b Veterinarians 8 Low Clearance Bridges a Up to 15 0 9 Eagle Lodges that provide RV parking IMPROVEMENTS 1 Updates and additions to existing data 2 Updated latitude longitude data 3 Campground information now includes D y hpop oo Handicap Access Cable TV Fishing and Boating Pool Church Services Campground Elevation Site Escort Pull Through Site Sizes Width x Length Back In Site Sizes Width x Length Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 6 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Product Overview The location information in RV Directions 2011 includes data that will work with Microsoft Streets amp Trips stt template files and data that will work with DeLorme Street Atlas dds XData dataset files It includes CSV Comma Separated Variable data that has been specially formatted for use on Garmin GPS Units In addition CSV data is provided for all locations to allow the user to create their own groupings of RV locations information The product organizes information within several groups These groups are replicated for Garmin Street Atlas and Streets amp Trips Campground Affiliations Campgrounds Military Campgrounds Private Campgrounds Public Dealing with Emergencies Fraternal Lodges On The Road Locations Post Offices Recreati
17. Public CGs Canadian National Park dds 528 Public CGs Canadian Prov Parks dds 832 Public CGs Canadian Prov Preserves dds 488 Public CGs COE dds 868 Public CGs Local Parks dds 1 540 Public CGs Nat Rec Area CG dds 496 Public CGs National Forest CG dds 2 816 Public CGs National Parks dds 624 Public CGs National Seashore dds 480 Public CGs Natl Monument CG dds 488 Public CGs Natl Wildlife Refuge dds 480 Public CGs State Beaches dds 484 Public CGs State Conservation Areas dds 484 PUblic CGs State Forests dds 616 Public CGs State Parks dds 1 500 Public CGs State Preserves dds 496 Public CGs State Rec Area dds 604 Public CGs TVA Campgrounds dds 484 Public CGs Wildlife Mgmt Area dds 508 Dealing With Emergencies 13 132 6 Hospitals Medical dds 4 632 Hospitals Pet dds 5 296 Service Camping World dds 564 Service CumminsOnan dds 840 Service Freightliner dds 960 Service Good Sam dds 840 Fraternal Lodges 2 736 3 Eagles dds 560 Elks dds 1 492 Moose dds 684 On The Road Locations 12 780 19 Bridges Under 10 Foot dds 508 Bridges 10 Foot to 11 Foot dds 512 Bridges 11 Foot to 12 Foot dds 560 Bridges 12 Foot to 13 Foot dds 792 Bridges 13 Foot to 14 Foot dds 996 Bridges 14 Foot to 15 Foot dds 792 Mountain Passes and Grades dds 620 Rest Stops with Dump dds 664 Rest Stops without Dump dds 1 148 Truck Stop Bosselman dds 484 Truck Stop Flying J dds 580 Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Pa
18. RV Directions 2011 User s Manual ae Top roy Luveme Elba Y Enterprise pp mat dsden Mani Jacksonville 88 Lo Day aWrightsvill sith TO kegee 3 gm Top Soperton A Buena Oglethorpe 4B insvillfg EOR el vet nion pe ista Eliavitie Eastman 4 p o Americus Per Vernon Abbeville Clayton Hazelhurst Fitzgerald 23 e le Ocilla bevil Alm izark DA Funiak gonitay Sarianna fr rings T MW TI Be Y 278 23 7 Athens 17 Lincoj dl Pearson Black Nashville Waresboro Colquitt JA Lakeland Homerville DI Valdosta ie Quitman Statorville Zi Release 1 1 March 8 2011 RV Directions LLC 218 Quinlan Street 405 Kerrville FL 33037 Phone 908 489 6908 Page 1 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual LEGAL NOTICES Copyright O 2011 RV Directions LLC All rights reserved No part of this publication may be transmitted transcribed reproduced stored in any retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means mechanical electronic magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without prior written consent from RV Directions LLC 218 Quinlan Street 4405 Kerrville Texas 78028 Printed in the United States of America The software described in this book is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license
19. RV Resort Marksville Among the Best Great Value 711 Paragon Place Marksville LA 71351 800 946 1946 GoodSam PassportAmerica 185 sites 166 PThrus 35x80 50 Amps WiFi From Jct of Hwy 1 amp SR 115 107 in town S 1 4 mi on SR 1 L Page 27 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Using The Product With Your Garmin GPS Device 3 All Garmin location names in RV Directions start with the two letter state acronym and a dash This helps us quickly get to the locations in the state that we are inter ested in Let s assume we re trying to locate the Pon derosa Campground a local campground in Minnesota We first select Local as explained previously We then type in MN and press the 123 button This will bring up the screen seen to the right were we can enter the dash Press Done when this 3 letter input is complete This will result in a screen with local campgrounds in Minnesota They will be listed in the order of close ness to the location we are currently at We scroll down to find Ponderosa We could have done another Spell to find it This will result in the screen like that seen to the right So we press the Ponderosa name MN Chester Woods Park 970 8 MN Ponderosa Campground 981 37 The summary screen for the Ponderosa Campground MN Ponderosa Campground will appear We see that it costs 30 to 40 We can get more information on the campground by pressing More Good CG Avg Value
20. SEY and PENNSYLVANIA Delaware River Loop Drive 97 82 Miles NEW YORK Seaway Trail Drive 82 383 Miles NEW YORK Adirondack Adventure Drive 83 265 Miles NEW YORK Hudson River Valley Drive 85 111 Miles NORTH CAROLINA Carolina Countryside Drive 111 263 Miles NORTH CAROLINA Outer Banks Highway Drive 112 111 Miles OHIO Scenic Southeastern Ohio Drive 102 152 Miles OHIO Amish Byways Drive 103 127 Miles PENNSYLVANIA Across the Alleghenies Drive 94 328 Miles PENNSYLVANIA Laurel Highlands Drive 95 142 Miles PENNSYLVANIA Pennsylvania Dutch Country Drive 96 77 Miles PENNSYLVANIA and DELAWARE Brandywine Valley Drive 100 19 Miles RHODE ISLAND South County Coast Drive 93 59 Miles SOUTH CAROLINA Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway Drive 113 168 Miles TENNESSEE East Tennessee Border Tour Drive 110 349 Miles VERMONT and NEW YORK Lake Champlain Loop Drive 84 211 Miles VERMONT Green Mountain Highway Drive 86 273 Miles VERMONT Vermont s Quiet Corner Drive 87 139 Miles VIRGINIA Skyline Drive Drive 107 107 Miles VIRGINIA James River Plantations Drive 109 83 Miles VIRGINIA and NORTH CAROLINA Blue Ridge Parkway Drive 108 480 Miles WEST VIRGINIA Midland Trail Drive 105 132 Miles WEST VIRGINIA Potomac Highlands Drive 106 279 Miles MISSISSIPPI and TENNESSEE Natchez Trace Parkway Drive 114 491 Miles ALABAMA GEORGIA and TENNESSEE Lookout Mountain Park
21. V Directions 2011 User s Manual Installing RV Directions To Your Garmin Device 3 We have placed a folder in 2011 Garmin Files entitled Don s Favorite Garmin Files This folder contains a subset of the total number of locations that come with RV Directions 2011 This subset includes e All of the truck stops e All of the rest stops e All of the private campgrounds e All of the public campgrounds e Cracker Barrel e All of the Walmart s e Four of the more widely used Campground affiliations 1 CampClub USA 2 Good Sam 3 KOA 4 Passport America Finally we have placed a folder in 2011 Garmin Files entitled All Garmin Files You can if you wish point to this folder and load every CSV file that is included in RV Directions The final step in the installation of the files you want on your Garmin unit is to point to one of the three folders just mentioned My Favorite Garmin Files Don s Favorite Garmin Files or All Garmin Files and select Next It will take approximately one to three minutes for the files to load into the Garmin unit Finally a screen similar to the one shown below will be displayed Click Finish nn osi GARMIN Congratulations You have successfully installed 45955 Points of Interest on your device L O ke Q O O Qo Your Garmin unit is now ready to use Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 25 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Using The Product With Y
22. Why not take the Bayou Byways Drive 79 from Lafayette to New Orleans This adds 162 miles to the trip and takes you through coffee colored bayous stately sugar plantations ancient cypress swamps and more The addition of this scenic drive to the Houston New Orleans trips is shown on the bottom of the next page All of the 120 scenic drives defined in the Readers Digest book are included in RV Directions 2011 An index of the drives is contained on the pages following the two example trip maps Loading a scenic drive is dependent on the platform you are using Garmin The scenic drives are loaded as Drive nnn To quickly get to the drives use Spell and type in drive then done This will take you to the first drive Drive 1 Olympic Loop Streets amp Trips The drives are in STT format and are loaded just like you would load any location Street Atlas Plus The files are in a GPX format They can be imported in versions 7 and later of Street Atlas Select Route File and then Import to load a specific scenic drive If you are interested in using this new RV Directions feature we would recommend that you obtain the book The Most Scenic Drives In America It can be purchased at most bookstores or on the internet through Amazon and others Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 30 U RV Directions 2011 User s Manual sing The Scenic Drive Information
23. Your Own Group Of Locations 16 7 Using The Product With Street Atlas 18 8 Installing RV Directions To Your Garmin Device 23 9 Using The Product With Your Garmin Device 26 10 Using The Scenic Drive Information 30 Index Of Scenic Drives 32 Appendix Directory of RV Directions Files 37 Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 3 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Introduction RV Directions 2011 is a collection of mapping locations that are of interest to the active RV er It is an add on product that will work on any PC that is equipped with Microsoft s Streets and Trips 2006 and later or with DeLorme s Street Atlas Plus 2006 and later It will also work with Garmin GPS units The locations include campgrounds and major highway rest areas and truck stops to help the RV er while traveling Hospitals and RV service companies are now included to help the RV er deal with emergencies that they may encounter while on the road Many difficult mountain passes and grades are identified as are many low clearance bridges It includes restaurants like Cracker Barrel and shopping locations like Walmart to help the RV er find a good meal and stock up on supplies while en route to their destination or at their destination RV Directions includes public golf courses and casinos and wineries amp vineyards to help RV ers find recreation and touring opportunities during their travels It also includes Eagle Lodges Elks Lodges and Moose Lodges that
24. amble Drive 78 363 Miles WISCONSIN Wisconsin North Woods Drive 58 243 Miles WISCONSIN Door County Byways Drive 59 201 Miles Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 33 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Using The Scenic Drive Information Index Of Drives 3 ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES ARIZONA Monument Valley Meander Drive 45 289 Miles ARIZONA Arizona Indian Country Drive 46 202 Miles ARIZONA Grand Canyon Loop Drive 47 241 Miles ARIZONA Red Rock Country Drive 48 105 Miles ARIZONA Apache Trail Drive 49 126 Miles ARIZONA Coronado Trail Drive 50 135 Miles COLORADO Rocky Mountain Ramble Drive 40 168 Miles COLORADO Peak to Peak Scenic Byway Drive 41 72 Miles COLORADO Colorado Springs Loop Drive 42 313 Miles COLORADO San Juan Skyway Drive 43 239 Miles COLORADO Highway of Legends Drive 44 80 Miles IDAHO Idaho Heartland Drive 25 428 Miles IDAHO and MONTANA Salmon Bitterroot Country Drive 26 260 Miles IDAHO Sawtooth Sampler Drive 27 285 Miles MONTANA In Flathead Indian Country Drive 28 378 Miles MONTANA Going to the Sun Road Drive 29 50 Miles MONTANA Charlie Russell Country Drive 30 437 Miles MONTANA Beartooth Country Drive 31 177 Miles NEW MEXICO New Mexico North Drive 51 575 Miles NEW MEXICO Jemez Mountain Trail Drive 52 188 Miles NEW MEXICO New Mexico s Scenic South Drive 53 361 Miles UTAH Utah Byways Drive 37 474 Mil
25. as described earlier You can add any number of additional datasets to the map We have added Top Rated Private Campgrounds and Local Public Campgrounds as shown below It is recommended that no more than 20 to 30 datasets be used You can selectively view any combination of the datasets by checking or unchecking the boxes El XData 095 CARVDirections200912009 Street Atlas Files Basic Location Group Private Campgrounds Low Cost XData Long 93 803629999999998 Lat 37 895409999999998 Name Arrowhead Point RV Park amp CG Affi SKPDiscnt Street 8600 SW 75 Pvt Rd Location Osceola MO 64776 Phone 417 876 3016 Price Under 20 Qual Good CG Avg Value CG Sites 37 sites 37 PullThru s 24 wide 70 long 50 amps Dir E bnd From Jct of US 54 amp SR 82 E 12 mi on US 54 L or W bnd From Jct of US 54 amp SR 13 W 10 5 mi on US 54 Right Notes EMail EMail Address Unknown Map http maps google com maps f q hl en amp geocode amp q 37 89541 93 8036382 15 XMapiD 198 5 3 XData Datasets EF Private Campgrounds Low Cost EH Private Campgrounds Top Rated Public Campgrounds Local L Route Files Q Draw Files Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 21 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Using The Product With Street Atlas 5 You can access the Google map interface discussed for Microsoft Streets amp Trips on Page 14 in basically the same manner In this case the internet add
26. be 55 years old or older Pets OK Will mean that the campground will accept pets However they may have some restrictions like breed or how many pets that you are allowed Groceries Store May mean that the campground has limited groceries or may mean that a fully stocked store is available including groceries souvenirs and other merchandise Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 8 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual WiFi More and more campgrounds are adding WiFi every day It is virtually impossible to keep up with the growth of this service It is fairly safe to assume that campgrounds that are identified in RV Directions as supporting WiFi will offer this service It is not safe to assume that campgrounds in RV Direction that don t identify WiFi coverage don t offer such coverage They may have added the service since this version of RV Directions was released Call ahead if WiFi coverage is important to you Also it should be noted that some campgrounds charge for WiFi service others offer it as a free service RV Directions does not indicate whether a campground charges for WiFi services Finally it should be noted that WiFi coverage indicated in RV Directions 2011 may be of the hot spot variety That is you may have to go to a specific location on the campground with your laptop computer like the office area Low Clearance Bridges The information in RV Directions is not provided as a safety aid and does not replace th
27. door World csv 1 TT Thousand Trails csv 4 TVA CGs csv 2 Western Horizon csv 2 WMA CGs csv 2 Yogi Bear csv 15 _Don s Favorite Garmin Files 3 364 23 CampClub USA csv 204 Fuel Bosselman csv 1 Fuel Flying J csv 20 Fuel Kangaroo Express csv 3 Fuel Loves csv 28 Fuel Other Truck Stops csv 135 Fuel Petro csv 8 Fuel Pilot csv 33 Fuel Road Ranger csv 4 Fuel Town Pump csv 1 Fuel Travel America csv 22 Good Sam csv 328 KOA csv 97 Passport America csv 243 Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 39 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Private CGs with WiFi csv 796 Private CGs without WiFi csv 879 Rest Areas All Locations csv 107 Restaurants Cracker Barrel No RV Parking csv 9 Restaurants Cracker Barrel RV Parking OK csv 53 Shopping Neighborhood Market No Parking csv 3 Shopping Neighborhood Market Parking OK csv 9 Shopping Super Walmart All Locations csv 222 Shopping Walmart All Locations csv 157 My Favorite Garmin Files 1 675 2 Private CGs with WiFi csv 796 Private CGs without WiFi csv 879 Campground Affiliations 1 462 34 ACN csv 24 All Campgrounds For Less csv 18 AOR csv 20 Best Holiday csv 2 Best Parks In America csv 15 C2C BPA csv 3 C2C Classic csv 13 C2C Deluxe csv 18 C2C Encore Elite csv 3 C2C Encore csv 13 C2C GNP csv 17 CampClub USA csv 204 Enjoy America csv 66 Good Sam csv 3
28. e tom entry is Save as type You want to select Map Template stt When you do the window will be replaced with one pointing to Templates Pick a meaningful File Name and then click on Save You re through suspect that the above instructions seem intimidating to many of you but they re really not Go through the process one time and you ll discover how easy it is You ll then be able to make several customized groups of locations that meet your very specific needs like a general group another focused on the requirements for an upcoming trip And of course if you own the 2010 or 2011 versions of Microsoft Streets amp Trips you won t have to go through this process Simply load all of the location groups that you are interested in and hide the ones you aren t interested in at the moment Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 17 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Using The Product With Street Atlas 1 To use a Street Atlas file do the following NOTE All illustrations were taken from a computer running Street Atlas 2010 under Vista Your computer may look a little different if you re using a different version of Street Atlas and or running a different version of Windows Open DeLorme Street Atlas and select the tab Map File Then select Add And XData Datasets _ a Ba An Add Data to Maps window will appear pp Avokrecions2010 adm IEEE Move to the RVDirections2011 folder 2010 Street
29. e you probably would want your standard display to include Passport America campgrounds Some people like to stop at a Cracker Barrel for lunch so their standard display would probably include Cracker Barrel locations You can build your own customized set of location groups in RV Directions The remainder of this page and the next page will describe how to do this The process may look complicated but it s really not Give it a try Open Microsoft Streets amp Trips Do not load any existing map files 1 Open Streets Streets amp Trips has an Import Data Wizard to help a user import data files amp Trips The wizard can be selected by engaging the CTRL and the I keys on your keyboard at the same time When the wizard window appears make sure that Files of Type at the bottom of the window specifies Text Files 2 Use the Now you re ready to select the first Location Group that you want to include ii leg in your custom set These groups are contained in the Mapping Program CSV Files folder which is in the Tools folder under RVDirections2011 For example Good Sam Having selected a group click on Open A window stating Choose a Se perator Character will appear Make sure that Comma is selected Then click on Next 3 Pick Location Group you want to import The next window will contain column heading and data type information 5 abou
30. e need for normal driver awareness of road hazards and conditions No guarantee of accuracy or completeness is given RV Directions LLC makes no representations about the suitability or merchantability of the information contained within RV Directions The data contained within RV Directions is provided as is without warranty of any kind Finally the information within RV Directions product is to be used for guidance only In no event shall RV Directions LLC and or its respective suppliers and developers be liable for any special indirect consequential damages accidents or loss of life from using the product The Most Scenic Drives in America The drives included in RV Directions 2011 were defined in the Readers Digest book entitled The Most Scenic Drives in America Some of these drives involve roads that are definitely not suitable for an RV The roads may be rough steep narrow roads involving difficult grades and many hairpin curves and switchbacks In these cases we recommend that your trip be accomplished in your car leaving your RV at your base campground We would also recommend that you obtain the book which describes in detail the driving situations on each of the trips Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 9 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Product Installation Running the setup program will cause RV Directions to be automatically installed in a single directory on your hard drive The default directory is RVDirect
31. ease 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 42 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual 2011 Street Atlas Files 135 624 117 Campground Affiliations 26 168 34 ACN dds 672 All CGs for Less dds 600 AOR dds 632 Best Holiday dds 504 Best Parks in America dds 564 C2C BPA dds 492 C2C Classic dds 576 C2C Deluxe dds 620 C2C Encore Elite dds 496 C2C Encore dds 564 C2C Good Neighbor Park dds 584 CampClub USA dds 1 756 Enjoy America dds 920 Good Sam dds 2 492 Happy Camper dds 1 420 KOA dds 1 008 North American Camping Club dds 596 Outdoor Resorts dds 488 Passport America dds 2 220 Recreation USA dds 712 Resorts of Distinction dds 616 RPI Preferred dds 628 RPI dds 548 SKP Co Op dds 488 SKP Discount dds 1 288 SKP Rainbow dds 496 TT Encore dds 580 TT Leisure Time dds 496 TT Mid Atlantic dds 496 TT NACO dds 512 TT Outdoor World dds 500 TT Thousand Trails dds 524 Western Horizon dds 504 Yogi Bear dds 576 Campgrounds 32 620 25 Military dds 692 Private CGs Low Cost dds 2 556 Private CGs Top Rated dds 1 264 Private CGs With WiFi dds 5 624 Private CGs Without WiFi dds 7 072 Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 43 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Public CGs BLM dds 596
32. es UTAH Bryce Canyon Country Drive 38 166 Miles UTAH Zion Canyon Loop Drive 39 256 Miles WYOMING North to Jackson Hole Drive 32 317 Miles WYOMING Yellowstone s Grand Loop Drive 33 168 Miles WYOMING Cody Country Drive 34 277 Miles WYOMING Devils Tower Loop Drive 35 155 Miles UTAH and WYOMING Flaming Gorge Getaway Drive 36 158 Miles Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 34 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Using The Scenic Drive Information Index Of Drives 4 WESTERN STATES ALASKA George Parks Highway Drive 18 428 Miles ALASKA Kenai Peninsula Drive 19 307 Miles ALASKA Richardson Highway Drive 20 368 Miles CALIFORNIA Redwood Highway Drive 9 240 Miles CALIFORNIA Mt Shasta Cascade Drive 10 497 Miles CALIFORNIA Pacific Coast Highway Drive 11 271 Miles CALIFORNIA Yosemite and Beyond Drive 12 250 Miles CALIFORNIA Big Sur Coast Drive 13 146 Miles CALIFORNIA Death Valley Sojourn Drive 14 309 Miles CALIFORNIA Joshua Tree Journey Drive 15 145 Miles HAWAII Kuhio Highway Drive 21 56 Miles HAWAII Oahu Coastal Loop Drive 22 80 Miles HAWAII Hana Highway Drive 23 63 Miles HAWAII Aloha Loop Drive 24 331 Miles NEVADA Loneliest Road in America Drive 16 360 Miles NEVADA Nevada 93 Drive 17 351 Miles OREGON Oregon Coast Highway Drive 5 416 Miles OREGON Mt Hood Columbia River Gorge Loop Drive 6 185 Miles OREGON Rogue Ump
33. f Courses Golf Card Intl csv 541 Recreation Golf Courses Other Courses csv 137 Recreation Gun Clubs All csv 337 Recreation Vineyards csv 22 Recreation Wineries csv 37 Rest Areas All Locations csv 107 Restaurants Bob Evans All Restaurants csv 64 Restaurants Cracker Barrel No RV Parking csv 9 Restaurants Cracker Barrel RV Parking OK csv 53 ROD csv 17 RPI Preferred csv 17 RPl csv 8 Service Camping World csv 17 Service CumminsOnan csv 69 Service Freightliner csv 116 Service Good Sam csv 63 Shopping Bass Pro Shops csv 7 Shopping BJs csv 17 Shopping Cabellas csv 3 Shopping Costco csv 43 Shopping Home Depot csv 202 Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 38 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Shopping KMart csv 111 Shopping Neighborhood Market No Parking csv 3 Shopping Neighborhood Market Parking OK csv 9 Shopping Sam s Club csv 60 Shopping Super Walmart All Locations csv 222 Shopping Trader Joes csv 52 Shopping Walmart All Locations csv 157 Ski Locations csv 58 SKP Co Op csv 1 SKP Discount csv 115 SKP Rainbow Park csv 1 State Beach csv 2 State Conservation Area csv 2 State Forest csv 30 State Park csv 194 State Preserve csv 5 State Recreation Area csv 29 Top Rated Campgrounds csv 131 TT Encore csv 16 TT Leisure Time csv 1 TT Mid Atlantic csv 1 TT NACO csv 2 TT Out
34. ge 44 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Truck Stop Kangaroo Express dds 492 Truck Stop Loves dds 616 Truck Stop Other Stops dds 1 308 Truck Stop Petro dds 516 Truck Stop Pilot dds 640 Truck Stop Road Ranger dds 496 Truck Stop Town Pump dds 484 Truck Stop Travel America dds 572 Post Offices 21 032 1 Post Offices dds 21 032 Recreation Locations 12 108 10 Casino with Campground dds 616 Casino with Overnight Parking dds 680 Golf Courses Golf Card Intl dds 3 324 Golf Courses Other Courses dds 1 356 Gun Club Private dds 1 372 Gun Club Public dds 2 268 NASCAR Race Tracks dds 504 Skiing dds 792 Vineyards dds 560 Wineries dds 636 Restaurants 2 544 4 Bob Evans No RV Parking dds 584 Bob Evans RV Parking OK dds 656 Cracker Barrel No RV Parking dds 516 Cracker Barrel RV Parking OK dds 788 Shopping 12 504 15 Bass Pro Shops dds 528 BJs dds 572 Cabellas dds 492 Camping World dds 564 Costco dds 728 Home Depot dds 1 680 KMart dds 1 196 Neighborhood Market No Parking dds 492 Neighborhood Market Parking OK dds 528 Shopping Sams Club dds 828 Super Walmart No Parking dds 608 Super Walmart Parking OK dds 1 652 Trader Joes dds 716 Walmart No Parking dds 644 Walmart Parking OK dds 1 276 2011 Streets amp Trips Files 76 861 125 Release 1 1 March 8 2011
35. ge 47 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Truck Stop Kangaroo Express stt 220 Truck Stop Loves stt 289 Truck Stop Other Stops stt 684 Truck Stop Petro stt 232 Truck Stop Pilot stt 305 Truck Stop Road Ranger stt 220 Truck Stop Town Pump stt 216 Truck Stop Travel America stt 265 Post Offices 11 664 1 Post Offices stt 11 664 Recreation Locations 8 318 11 Casino with Campground stt 288 Casino with Overnight Parking stt 320 Golf Courses All Courses stt 2 179 Golf Courses Golf Card Intl stt 1 703 Golf Courses Other Courses stt 687 Gun Club Private stt 724 Gun Club Public stt 1 212 NASCAR Race Tracks stt 224 Skiing stt 402 Vineyards stt 269 Wineries stt 313 Restaurants 2 037 6 Bob Evans All Locations stt 407 Bob Evans No RV Parking stt 273 Bob Evans RV Parking OK stt 309 Cracker Barrel All Locations stt 423 Cracker Barrel No RV Parking stt 240 Cracker Barrel RV Parking OK stt 386 Shopping 8 022 18 Bass Pro Shops stt 236 BJs stt 265 Cabellas stt 224 Camping World stt 256 Costco stt 369 Home Depot stt 837 KMart stt 571 Neighborhood Market All Stores stt 262 Neighborhood Market No RV Parking stt 220 Neighborhood Market RV Parking OK stt 236 Sam s Club stt 381 Super Walmart All Stores stt 943 Super Walmart No RV Parking stt 289 Release 1 1 March 8
36. iliations with regularity Be aware that a campground listed as being affiliated with a certain organization may no longer be affiliated Also be aware that several of the affiliations are membership organizations You must be a member of the organization in order to use the facilities or take advantage of the discounts offered by that organization Campgrounds Campground Cost We have tried to error on side of stating the higher cost in a range so that you will be pleasantly surprised should a 30 to 40 campground give you a price of 27 for example We have tried to select cost figures that would be applied to a couple driving a large motor home and using 50 amp electrical service if available If a campground offers premium sites and standard sites we usually would select prices for the premium sites Again call ahead if campground price is very important to you Campground Overview And Features Private campgrounds map detail includes several other parameters that should be clarified Extended Stay Sites If present indicates that there are some or many of the sites at the campground are occupied by long term guests CG Features If a specific feature is not listed it doesn t necessarily mean that the campground doesn t have that feature It might just mean that we didn t have access to current or accurate information Call the campground if the feature is really important to you Age Will almost always mean that guests must
37. ill take you to the web site of the campground or location that you are looking at Users of Microsoft Streets amp Trips 2010 or 2011 can also get a satellite picture of a selected location by right clicking on the location selecting Zoom To and then selecting Show in Bing Maps Keep in mind that you must be connected to the internet to accomplish any of the things described on this page Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 13 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Using The Product With Streets amp Trips 4 At this point you can save the file in the Proper format of the version of Streets amp Trips that you are using First select FILE Save As A Save As window will appear It will Default to saving the file in the same directory that it was loaded from This is the directory that was created during installation That will work but we would suggest an alternative to save the file in the Template Folder that Streets amp Trips uses when you wish to create a new map file That way you can load the file directly every time that you want use it by selecting FILE NEW and selecting it from the list of template files in this directory An easy way to save to the Template Folder is as follows 1 Change the Save as Type to est The window should look like this as there probably aren t any est files in the installation directory Ts Save As File Edit View Data Route Tools He
38. ions2011 but you can change this if you wish to any directory name of your choosing After the installation is complete the directory will contain the following folders and files RVDirections2011 1 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual 2 Folder Garmin Files 3 Folder 2011 Street Atlas Files 4 Folder 2011 Streets amp Trips Files 5 Folder The Most Scenic Drives in America 6 Folder Tools The Appendix lists the contents of these folders The following pages show you how to install and use RV Directions 2011 The graphics used in the illustrations were made using earlier versions of RV Directions Also references to location groups have been changed in 2011 They are as follows e Campground Affiliations e Campgrounds e Dealing With Emergencies e Fraternal Lodges e On The Road Locations e Post Offices e Recreation Locations e Restaurants e Shopping Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 10 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual U To use a Streets amp Trips file do the following Select FILE OPEN r Look in RVDirections2011 or the directory name you selected during installation in the location group containing the template file you want Let s say you want to load the template file for Low Cost Private Campgrounds in the Basic Location Group Select S amp T Basic Location Group HH y M Then select Low Cost Private Campgrounds IX sing The Product With Streets amp Trips 1
39. ith an older version of the map Before you can open this file your records must be matched to the updated map Click OK to match the records and open the file Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 11 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Using The Product With Streets amp Trips 2 You will then see this map showing all of the private campgrounds costing less Than 20 per night You can now zoom in on the area that you are interested in ve Sa m NAN gn p aii z maye it Vi L toe add Na We YAN a w PE a A I a mini vores H ontanie Sary Egi ayh uu Pawnee City Falls ji Wildwood city Trenton y B 63 75 o ERRO savannah kuii T he Maysville e sLinNeus Marysville Seneca 5 la AEE Chillicothe Brookfield len Marceline ameron me ane a Atchison filt sd lolton Huntsville ust STATES tare u anoliton mites la Leavenworth tr Risi mond 9 pA tert Richmon L a Pe Fayette Sy Kans s Cagey Lexington Marshall o Topeka rep antenne in City 70 65 Boonville gt E Lawrence 70 5 si Marrensburg ounci Sedai Stove poodle MISSY Otas Caliton Versailles wm Clinton Eldon amett Butler Warsaw e an A Tu M d City 98 a ee Osage Bi SRN Camdenton 54 Hermitage Fort Scott Nevada En Fi PA independence Lexington n o L hm Blue Springs Nr gt Arrowhead Point RV Park Area Affil No Affiliations Street 8600 SW 75 Pyt Rd C
40. ity Osceola MO 64776 Phone 417 876 3016 Price Under 20 Qual Good CG Avg value CG Sites 37 sites 37 PullThru s 24 wide 70 long 150 amps Dir E bnd From Jet of US 54 Click on the icon that you are interested B amp SR 82 E 12 mi on US 54 L in A window will appear with details for that particular campground You can scroll the window to see any hidden detail by placing the cursor in the window and using the down arrow key on your keyboard Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Camdenton Page 12 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Using The Product With Streets amp Trips 3 The last item in the scrolled window will be an internet address it will look like this http maps google com maps f q amp hl en amp geocode amp q 37 89541 93 803638 amp 2 15 If you are on the internet you can click on this address and get a Google earth picture of the location Sometimes the quality is excellent Other times it is very poor especially in rural and remote areas It s an interesting tool and one that may help you see where you are going Below you can see an example The location is the Fiesta Key Campground in the Florida Keys By the way you can use this tool on virtually all of the location types in RV Directions 2011 rest areas golf courses truck stops restaurants etc Just above the Google map address in the scrolled window may be another internet address Clicking on this address w
41. lp iz tl D New Ctri N l Open Ctri O Find a R Save Ctrl 5 Sm Save as Web Page Manage Saved Web Pages CO Page Setup amp Print Ctrl P Send To l Export Map for Pocket Streets 1 Low Cost Private Campground g Save As Savein S amp T Basic Location Group v P Name Date modif Type Size me B Best Value Campgrounds stt Recent Places W Big Rig Campgrounds stt mn Wes Camping World Costco and Trader Bi Casino Campgrounds stt Desktop w Golf Courses stt li Blow Cost Private Campgrounds stt nd Y Military Campgrounds stt BV Directions Private Campgrounds stt lke W Public Campgrounds stt B Rest Stops stt Computer Bi Restaurants stt Ki BiTruck Stops stt satt B Walmart stt Network EPS OR Z LOS File name oh Save as type l Map Template stt g Save As eae Savein S amp T Basic Location Group x E Name Date modif Type Size ap No items match your search Recent Places Desktop RV Directions fi LI Computer Ki lt Network File name Low Cost Private Campgrounds est G r Hr ma Save astype Streets Trips est Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 14 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Using The Product With Streets amp Trips 5 Vi save As kk ai lezam Savein Templates Og Pm Name Date modif Type Size u ap mong the Best Campgrounds 2 Now change the
42. nan csv 69 Service Freightliner csv 116 Service Good Sam csv 63 Fraternal Lodges 322 3 Eagles csv 19 Elks csv 253 Moose csv 49 Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 41 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual On The Road Locations 779 13 Fuel Bosselman csv 1 Fuel Flying J csv 20 Fuel Kangaroo Express csv 3 Fuel Loves csv 28 Fuel Other Truck Stops csv 135 Fuel Petro csv 8 Fuel Pilot csv 33 Fuel Road Ranger csv 4 Fuel Town Pump csv 1 Fuel Travel America csv 22 Low Clearance Bridges csv 399 Mountain Passes amp Grades csv 17 Rest Stops csv 107 Post Offices 4 294 1 Post Offices csv 4 294 Recreation Locations 1 193 8 Casino with Campground csv 20 Casino with Overnight Parking csv 41 Golf Courses Golf Card Intl csv 541 Golf Courses Other Courses csv 137 Gun Clubs All csv 337 Ski Locations csv 58 Vineyards csv 22 Wineries csv 37 Restaurants 127 3 Bob Evans All Restaurants csv 64 Cracker Barrel No RV Parking csv 9 Cracker Barrel RV Parking OK csv 53 Shopping 904 13 Bass Pro Shops csv 7 BJs csv 17 Cabellas csv 3 Camping World csv 18 Costco csv 43 Home Depot csv 202 KMart csv 111 Neighborhood Market No Parking csv 3 Neighborhood Market Parking OK csv 9 Sam s Club csv 60 Super Walmart All Locations csv 222 Trader Joes csv 52 Walmart All Locations csv 157 Rel
43. nts of Interest to Save Options Garmin Device MapSource Advanced Custom Folder Advanced POI Loader Next gt Hep Cancel A Select the device where you would like to store your Points of Interest Refer to your user s manual for more information about connecting your device to your computer Device Settings If you don t see your device listed below connect it to the computer and turn it on then dick Find Device GARMIN Find Device Device Removable Disk 1 nuvi Unit ID 3341150251 Removable Disk 1 1 Removable Disk 3 1 Removable Disk K Removable Disk M V Removable Disk P Removable Disk Q Removable Disk R Y Removable Disk G X Removable Disk T ne gt POI Loader lt Back Cancel Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 23 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Installing RV Directions To Your Garmin Device 2 The next screen allows you to specify where the program can find the input files Now here s a work of caution POI Loader expects that the folder you point to has CSV files in it not more folders If you re pointing to the folder named 2011 Garmin Files you will get the error message that you mentioned If you go down one more level in 2011 Garmin Files you will get to the CSV files For example the folder Campground Affiliations includes over 30 CSV files with the first one being
44. on Locations Restaurants Shopping In addition 120 spectacular road trips from the Readers Digest book The Most Scenic Drives in America are included Any of these trips can be integrated into your route planning Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 7 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Interpretation of Information The information contained in RV Directions must be properly interpreted if you want to get maximum benefit from the information These pages will hopefully clarify the assumptions and conditions that went into development of the data within the product General Dependency On Information Source Virtually all of the information contained in RV Directions came from the internet usually the web site for a specific location We have accepted this information as valid Thus if a campground states that they can accommodate a big rig we will identify that campground as being big rig accessible Similarly if a campground states that they offer WiFi we will accept this and identify that campground as having WiFi coverage Accuracy Of Information We have tried to make RV Directions as accurate as possible but undoubtedly there are mistakes Campground name changes confusion over a mailing address and a physical address and just plain human error will all contribute to these mistakes Please let us know if you find a problem and we ll try to fix it Affiliated Campgrounds Campgrounds join and then leave campground aff
45. our Garmin GPS Device 1 To use the RV Directions locations in your Garmin All Categories GPS Unit select Where To then Extras then Custom POIs At this point you should see the screen to the ACN right There will be an alphabetical list of all location groups in RV Directions All Campgrounds For Less AOR Scroll down to get to the other groups or press the Spell button and enter the first few letters of the group name you are interest in For example if you wanted to find a rest stop you would enter R and then E then SthenT In our example we re going to look for a casino with an RV park in Louisiana We scrolled down to the screen seen here and pressed Casinos with Camp ground We then scrolled down to get to the screen containing MS Isle of Capri Vicksburg 804 17 N the casino we are interested in Paragon Casino and RV Resort LA Paragon Casino and RV Re 821 37 N TN Lillydale Rec Area Allons 832 4 N LA Grand Casino Coushatta K 846 67 N Release 1 1 March 8 2011 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Using The Product With Your Garmin GPS Device 2 We pressed that name and got the summary screen shown here Pressing the More button gives us full detail on this location Release 1 1 March 8 2011 LA Paragon Casino and RV Resort Marksville Among the Best Great Value 711 Paragon Place Marksville LA 71351 800 946 1946 LA Paragon Casino and
46. ress can be seen as the last entry in the XData information window as shown below Notice that this location unlike the one on the example on the previous page also has a campground web site address which you can use if you re on the internet to access their web site Campground internet address El XData 025 C DeLorme Docs D ts KOA XData a URL www koa com where FL 09316 htm Long 81 519159999999999 Lat 24 660689999999999 Name KOA Sugarloaf Key Key West Affil KOA Street 251 County Road 939 Location Sugarloaf Key FL 33042 a Phone 305 745 3549 Price Over 40 Qual Great OG Good Value CG Sites 346 sites 0 PullThru s 20 wide 43 long 50 amps WiFi Big Rig Sites m Dir From Jct of US 1 8 SR 939 at MP 20 SE 0 3 mi on SR 939 L Notes EMail sugarloaf koa net Map http maps google com maps f q amp hl en amp qeocode amp 9 24 56069 81 51916 amp 2z 15 Map satellite internet address Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 22 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Installing RV Directions To Your Garmin Device 1 The first step is to upload the CSV files contained within RV Directions to your Garmin GPS unit This can be done with a software package call POI Loader POI Loader is free software from Garmin that lets you upload customized points of interest POIs such as those provided with RV Directions to your compatible Garmin device You can obtain this software by downloading i
47. t from the Garmin site The web address shown below will bring you to the download page http www8 garmin com products poiloader Your Garmin unit should have come with a cable that allows you to connect the unit to a USB port on your computer Connect the Garmin unit to your computer using this cable Now run the POI Loader program The first screenshot to the right is the opening screenshot that you will see when you run the program Click Next Now click Garmin Device and select Next You will now specify where you want to send the POI files If your Garmin unit has adequate memory you may want to download the POI information directly to the unit In this case you would select the Garmin name on the dropdown list nuvi as shown in the example to the right If not you would want to download the files to an SD card that you will have inserted in the unit before starting this proc ess The SD card will appear on the list as one of the Removable Disk drives In the example the SD card is the T drive cs 2 0638 Welcome to PO Loader This program will retrieve Points of Interest POls from data files and load them into your Garmin GPS or onto an SD card where your Garmin GPS can read it You can also save your Points of Interest for Garmin Map Source to use or save them locally to your hard drive l GARMIN POI Loader 9 POlLoader GARMIN Please select where you would like to save your Poi
48. t the selected group You don t have to do anything about this informa 4 Set dataset l turi n properties for tion However make sure that First row contains column headings is this group checked Then click on Finish This will result in the map displaying all of the locations of your selected a Repeat steps group You now need to set the dataset properties for the group First se 3 amp 4 for any other groups lect one of the location icons A little rectangle will encompass the icon you want Then click on Data on the toolbar at the top Select Dataset Properties from the dropdown window 6 Save the At this point a window will open entitled with the name of the location group resulting map as a template file that you selected plus Properties You need to do three things with this window The three actions are described on the next page Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 16 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Creating Your Own Group Of Locations 2 The process is illustrated below First reset the icon symbol Do this by clicking on the down arrow on the symbol box A window will open contain lots of symbols that are built into Streets amp Trips anda button entitled Import Custom Symbol Click on 7 Reset the this button An Open window will appear Move the Look in window so icon symbol that it poin
49. te csv 3 C2C Encore csv 13 C2C GNP csv 17 CampClub USA csv 204 Camping World csv 18 Canadian National Park CG csv 11 COE CGs csv 71 Enjoy America csv 66 Fuel Bosselman csv 1 Fuel Flying J csv 20 Fuel Kangaroo Express csv 3 Fuel Loves csv 28 Fuel Other Truck Stops csv 135 Fuel Petro csv 8 Fuel Pilot csv 33 Fuel Road Ranger csv 4 Fuel Town Pump csv 1 Fuel Travel America csv 22 Good Sam csv 328 Happy Camper csv 125 Hospitals Medical csv 713 Hospitals Pet csv 828 KOA csv 97 Local Campgrounds csv 183 Lodges Eagles csv 19 Lodges Elks csv 253 Lodges Moose csv 49 Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 37 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Low Clearance Bridges csv 399 Low Cost Campgrounds csv 268 Military Campgrounds csv 27 Mountain Passes amp Grades csv 17 National Forest CG csv 451 National Monument CG csv 3 National Park CG csv 36 National Rec Area CG csv 5 National Seashore CG csv 1 National Wildlife Refuge CG csv 1 North American Camping Club csv 17 Other Public CGs csv 10 Other State Campgrounds csv 1 Outdoor Resorts csv 2 Passport America csv 243 Private CGs with WiFi csv 796 Private CGs without WiFi csv 879 Provincial Park csv 92 Provincial Preserve csv 3 Recreation USA csv 33 Recreation Casino with Campground csv 20 Recreation Casino with Overnight Parking csv 41 Recreation Gol
50. ts to the Tools folder within the RV Directions2011 folder Then select 2011 Icons for Streets amp Trips You will see eleven folders each containing many different icons Browse through these folders and select the icon that you want to use for the location group that you are working with 6 Selb Then click on Open The icon that you selected will be displayed above all of hyperlink the standard symbols Click on this icon 9 Select fields Next click on the Hyperlink tab Select Use hyperlinks from your im ported data Click on the down arrow control This will open a drop down list containing all of the fields of information that are in your selected location group If you see Web at the bottom of the list select it Otherwise keep to display the selection at lt None gt Finally click on the Balloon tab A drop down list will show all of the 10 Repeat fields that can be displayed when you select Information about a specific lo steps 2 thru 9 p page cation Select all of the options except for Long and Lat group if desired You have now completed the addition of a specific location group You can do this as many times as you like to bring in other groups that you want 11 Save this Now you want to save this map file as a template file with a recognizable map as a name Click on File then Save As A Save As window will open The bot template fil
51. uqua Scenic Byway Drive 7 303 Miles OREGON Cascade Lakes Highway Drive 8 127 Miles WASHINGTON Olympic Loop Drive 1 403 Miles WASHINGTON North Cascades Loop Drive 2 486 Miles WASHINGTON Magnificent Mt Rainier Drive 3 227 Miles WASHINGTON Columbia River Road Drive 4 161 Miles Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 35 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Happy Travels We hope that you get great value and enjoyment from RV Directions Our goal is to continually improve the product and we could use your help in this regard If you identify any errors in the information regarding a location please let us know so that we can fix the problem The best way to do this is by email to the following email address supportQrvdirections com Similarly if there are subjects that are not clear or are inaccurate in this user s manual let us know about that Thanks for your business Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 36 Appendix Directory of RV Directions 2011 Contents RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Name Size KB Files RVDirections2011 nil Len 2011 Garmin Files 29 038 240 _AIl Garmin Files 9 852 107 ACN csv 24 All Campgrounds For Less csv 18 AOR csv 20 Best Holiday csv 2 Best Parks In America csv 15 BLM CGs csv 24 C2C BPA csv 3 C2C Classic csv 13 C2C Deluxe csv 18 C2C Encore Eli
52. way Drive 115 152 Miles Release 1 1 March 8 2011 Page 32 RV Directions 2011 User s Manual Using The Scenic Drive Information Index Of Drives 2 CENTRAL STATES ARKANSAS Scenic Highway 7 Drive 75 347 Miles ILLINOIS Illinois Northwest Drive 67 132 Miles ILLINOIS Shawnee Hills Scenic Byway Drive 68 116 Miles IOWA Loess Hills Scenic Byway Drive 66 297 Miles KANSAS Kansas East and West Drive 69 410 Miles KANSAS Flint Hills Highlights Drive 70 183 Miles LOUISIANA Bayou Byways Drive 79 288 Miles MICHIGAN Upper Peninsula Drive Drive 61 448 Miles MICHIGAN Lake Michigan Tour Drive 62 321 Miles MICHIGAN The Scenic Sunrise Shore Drive 63 263 Miles MINNESOTA Northern Minnesota Circle Drive 56 148 Miles MINNESOTA North Shore Drive Drive 57 147 Miles MINNESOTA WISCONSIN and IOWA Great River Road Drive 60 466 Miles MISSOURI Missouri Rhineland Drive 71 127 Miles MISSOURI Missouri Ozarks Drive 72 331 Miles NEBRASKA Nebraska Heartland Drive 64 488 Miles NEBRASKA Platte River Road Drive 65 251 Miles NORTH DAKOTA North Dakota Sampler Drive 54 492 Miles OKLAHOMA Cherokee Country Drive 73 135 Miles OKLAHOMA and ARKANSAS Talimena Scenic Byway Drive 74 60 Miles SOUTH DAKOTA Badlands and Black Hills Drive 55 384 Miles TEXAS Big Bend and Beyond Drive 76 489 Miles TEXAS Texas Hill Country Drive 77 320 Miles TEXAS East Texas R

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