29 January 2018 – While I was waiting for Mary to get back
to me I have been working some on my blog but mostly I was worrying why I hadn’t
heard from Mary all day. So, I got on a chat line with Garmin and typed in all
the symptoms Blanche was exhibiting using maps City Navigator – South America
NT 2017. Within 5 minutes I was chatting with Lynn. She was quite pleasant and
after reading my tale of woe, she replied back that City Navigator – South
America NT 2017 did not include Ecuador Maps. She provided a link which showed
all the maps covered by South America NT 2017 and Ecuador was not there. Now
don’t I have egg on my face.
Mary finally e-mailed me that I haven’t replied to any of
her texts. I replied, I haven’t received a text from her since I was at the
border. Today I found out Mary can receive my texts but I can’t receive her
texts. Well that answers a few questions. With that knowledge, I jumped on the
internet looking for Ecuador GPS maps compatible with my Garmin ZUMO 660. I
found a maps at GPS Travel Store. I also made a mad dash to an electronics
store to purchase a micro s/d card to load the Ecuador Maps on for Blanche. It
was fairly reasonable, $8 USD. I went shopping looking for more food while I
was out.
When I returned, using Skype, Mary and I purchased and
downloaded the Ecuador Maps onto the micro s/d card. It looks so easy but I
struggle with downloading and that’s why Mary was helping me. I would say by
8:00 p.m. we had the maps loaded and tried out in Blanche. When I put in the
S/D Card all of sudden I had streets, gas stations, grocery stores, hospitals
etc. etc. The South American NT 2017 maps literally stop at the Columbian /
Ecuador Border. Blanche was mindless once she crossed the border and it was
very obvious. Once I tried out the maps and Blanche seem to working again I
breathed big sigh of relief. I went bed feeling like a weight had been lift off
my shoulders. I went to bed and slept well.
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