Using the Route Instructions

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1 Using the Route Instructions Ok, so you re not a GPS user. No sweat you can still navigate the 08 BMW TCD Observation Run using maps and these turn-by-turn route instructions. We have done our level best to provide accurate instructions. There is no deliberate attempt on our part to confuse you or try to get you lost. That doesn t mean that an instruction that seems obvious to us might be confusing to you. We hope not, and it s not our intention to mislead you. Here are a couple of concepts that are useful in following the route instructions. First, follow the main road unless instructed otherwise. If you have to make a turn off what appears the main road, we will tell you explicitly with a route instruction. The main road is the road you re on that appears obvious to you to be road to continue on. For instance, if you come up on a bend in the road that is clearly marked with a turn arrow, and the pavement and the yellow line in the center of the road follows the turn, don t go straight off on some gravel side road that proceeds straight where the road bends. Stay on the main road unless instructed to turn off onto some new road! Second, many intersections are indicated as T s, and you ll be instructed something like Left (S) at T onto Bixby Rd. A T is when the road you re on ends at the intersection with another road, and you can only turn left or right. You re traveling up the leg of the T to the intersection. T s are easy to navigate you can t go straight at a T! Last is the use of mileages with the route instructions. Every instruction has two mileages associated with it, Total Miles and Leg Miles. Total Miles is the cumulative mileage as you travel along the route. Zero your trip odometer at the start of the ride. Then as your trip odometer displays the mileage associated with an instruction, that s where you make your turn. A big caveat, though the cumulative mileage will only be useful if you know from experience that your speedometer/odometer is accurate. A 10% odometer error, for instance, means that 40 miles into the ride your mileages will be 4 miles off from those in the instructions! So the second mileage, the Leg Miles column, is a better solution for inaccurate odometers. Here s how it works: as you execute a route instruction (e.g., Left (W) onto Arglebarf Rd ), zero your trip odometer. Now look at your next route instruction and note the Leg Miles for that instruction. When your trip odometer displays that mileage you should be at that instruction. Zero your trip odometer as you make your turn and repeat this process. Here s an example that will help clarify how this leg mileage business works. Look at instruction 8, Right (W) onto Boyce Rd. As you turn left onto Boyce Rd, zero your trip odometer. Look at the next route instruction, 9, Left (S) onto Roepke Rd, and note that Page 1 of 6

2 the Leg Miles for that instruction is 1.3. When your trip odometer reads 1.3 miles you should be at Roepke Rd. The gotcha here is that you need to remember to zero your trip odometer as you execute the route instructions. If you miss zeroing the trip odo, no sweat just pay attention to the next instruction, and refer to your map if you need to. When you get to that next instruction you can zero your trip odometer then and proceed on with using the leg mileage for the following instruction. Note that some of the instructions are highlighted. These are instructions that come up 0.5 or less miles from the previous instruction, so you ll need to be sharp and pay attention. You may want to stop and look at the instructions, and maybe even refer to your map, so that you don t miss that next instruction. Note that if you fold the route instructions along the Notes column then the route instructions should fit into the map window of most tank bags. You may get, er misplaced along the way, but by using the maps and route instructions we re sure that you ll figure out how to get back on the route. Try to follow the route, since if you take a shortcut to get back on the route further along you might miss a vital answer to one of the Observation Run questions! Remember, this is an adventure. Have fun and enjoy the ride! See ya at the campground, where we re sure there will be many road tales being spun around the campfire! Page 2 of 6

3 Instr Nbr TCD Observation Run Dual Sport Route Note - Mileage starts at the corner of Howell and Livingston Streets! Total Miles Leg Miles Route Directions Notes S on Howell St (cnty rd D-19) How many eagles are there? Straight (S) across Darwin Rd onto gravel Right (W) onto Tiplady Rd What town hall would you go to on this road? Up this creek without a paddle, and where would you wind up? Right (N) at T onto Silver Hill Rd Left (W) at T onto Patterson Lk Rd Man, it s hot here! What could you get at the store to get chilled? Left (S) onto Unadilla Rd No work gets done here! Change a few letters of this town s name and it d be Texas road kill Continue straight (S) onto Joslin Lk Rd (becomes gravel here) Right (W) onto Boyce Rd Left (S) onto Roepke Rd What color are the farmer and the tractor he s riding? Left (SE) onto M Right (W) onto Roe Rd What color are the matching house & barn? Sharp left (E) at T onto Cassidy Rd You re on one of these, so you can t go here. Where can t you go? And just exactly does that sign say? Trust me, this really isn t a place you want to be in. But if you arrived here before 7 AM, and had to get in, what would you have to do? Right (W) onto Waterloo Rd Left (S) onto Bush Rd Bear right (S) onto McClure Rd Just why are you supposed to drive carefully here? Page 3 of 6

4 What is this place the headquarters of? Left (S) at T onto Loveland Rd This lake sure ain t straight! What is it? Right (W) onto Green Rd Continue straight (W) across Clear Lk Rd; becomes Maute Rd What many TCDers are going to do tonight at the end of the run Right (W) onto Glenn Rd Right (N) onto Katz Rd What d that sign say? Left (W) at T onto Seymour Rd What s the name of this road that you drink that special whiskey on? Left (S) onto Mt Hope Rd This building can be seen but not heard Right (W) onto Glenn Rd Jog left (S) onto Willis Rd, then immediately jog right (W) back onto Glenn Rd Why might the folks in the white house on the left side of the road be having problems with their TV reception? Not Cassius, but? Left (S) onto Updyke Rd Who do you need to be prepared to meet? Left (S) at T onto Whipple Rd Right (W) at T onto Greenwood Rd Left (S) at T onto Fox Rd Abel might have sent his brother here. Who are those guys raising the flag? And where did they do it? Right (W) at T onto Michigan Ave Left (S) onto Ballard Rd What does Trico make? Right (W) at T onto Page Ave Left (S) onto Fifth St Right (W) at T onto W Grove Rd Stay on & follow Grove Rd! Continue straight Grove becomes Page 4 of 6

5 Hoyer Rd again Huh? What s the crazy name of that street that starts with Z? Left (SE) at T onto E South St Sharp right onto M Left (S) onto Ackerson Lake Rd Wow. Here it is, near Jackson MI, roaming, just like in the wild west. What is it? Right (W) at T onto Saunt Rd Who s gonna haul yer dirt baby? Right (N) at T onto Blue Ridge Rd Left (S) at T onto US-127 What kind of Paradise? Right (W) onto Loomis Rd Left (S) at T onto Draper Rd Draper road sign is missing Right (W) at T to stay on Crouch Rd Continue straight - stay on Crouch Rd If you took the road to this lake, what kind of boats would you expect to see? Left (S) onto Jackson Rd Right (W) at T onto Linsday Rd Continue straight stay on Lindsay Rd Deer don t necessarily cross here, but what does? Left (S) at T onto Springbrook Rd Right (W) onto Tygh Rd If this gas pump still worked, what kind of gas could you get? Right (N) at T onto Thorne Rd Left (W) onto Dancer Rd Right (N) at T onto Reynolds Rd Left (W) onto Hatch Rd You are not saved by works, but by? If you killed that Bambi that ran out from the side of the road and hit you and your motosickle, you might take it here: Left (S) at T onto Moscow Rd Right (W) onto Tripp Rd How many of these til Christmas? Page 5 of 6

6 What must the driver do here? Left (S) at T onto Cross Rd Right (W) at T onto Fowler Rd What is the name of that farm? Jog right (N) at T onto Grover Rd, then immediately jog back left (W) to continue on Grover Rd Who owned that tired old tanker trunk? Right (N) at T onto Luttenton Rd Left (W) onto Hubbard Rd Mr. Ed would send his friend down here for a swim: Right (N) at T onto Pulaski Rd Left (W) onto Lippert Rd If you re building those beautiful new kitchen cabinets yourself, you might go here: Left (S) at T onto Eckert Rd Man, this guy really means it! Best not do what along here? Getting tired already? I suppose you could just stop here for the night Right (W) at T onto Howard Rd Left (S) onto Wheeler Rd Good god! How long have they owned this #@!*% farm? You re there! (Twin Pine campground) Page 6 of 6