So, what kind of road-related stuff did you find under your tree?

[hbelkins]

What kinds of goodies did everyone get as gifts? GPS units, atlases, digital cameras or camcorders, other roadtrip supplies?

[Rob Adams]

A GPS for me.  Garmin Nuvi 265T.

[Ian]

I got 2 new road signs! I got a Quebec provincial highway 132 shield w/ the property logo on the back (in French!) and I also got an M-46 shield with MDOT sticker on the back.

[corco]

I got new tires, a set of jumper cables, and a tow strap

[bugo]

This:

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[Scott5114]

Since I just moved into my own place in June, I'm still lacking critical pieces of furniture, so my presents mainly focused on those. Nothing road-related this year. I told my mom I'd like the 2009 MUTCD for my birthday though.

[US71]

I got nothing. All my road related paraphernalia I usually have to obtain myself.   

[Bryant5493]

I've been looking for a suction mount for my camera. Where did you get that one from, if you bought it for yourself?

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Also, I got another 8GB Sandisk SD card and an 8GB Sandisk flash drive.


Be well,

Bryant

[US71]

I've been looking for a suction mount for my camera. Where did you get that one from, if you bought it for yourself?

Best Buy.

[Bryant5493]

^^ Thanks. I'm looking online right now. What would be listed under? Camera suction mount, etc.? I'm looking at it right now.


Be well,

Bryant

[roadfro]

Under my tree was something differently road related: a book.  Asphalt Memories: Origins of some of the street names of Clark County.  This should be an interesting read that delves into some street name origins around the Las Vegas area.

It was researched by a county employee (museum employee, I think), with much of the proceeds going to the county museum.  My mom had to drive out to the Clark County Museum on the other side of town to get it, cause she couldn't find it in local bookstores--for that, I'm thankful to her.

[njroadhorse]

I got the 2010 Rand McNally Atlas, but nothing else road-related.

[rawmustard]

I got the 2010 Rand McNally Atlas, but nothing else road-related.

I got another copy of the 2010 Rand McNally as well, but I had to tell my mother that it really wasn't feasible as a Christmas gift since the next edition (2011) will be released within a couple months. (When I was growing up, it made much more sense as the editions were released in the September/October timeframe.)

[Bryant5493]

I've been looking for a suction mount for my camera. Where did you get that one from, if you bought it for yourself?

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Also, I got another 8GB Sandisk SD card and an 8GB Sandisk flash drive.


Be well,

Bryant

I bought this today, but it didn't work well; so I returned it.


Be well,

Bryant

[ctsignguy]

Did not get any road related stuff this holiday (The SO was willing but said "I dont know how to get you a sign unless i steal one...." (Thanks, sweetie, but not necessary!) 

The only thing that was close was a belated birthday present i got myself on Black Friday when i scarfed up a Garmin Nuvi with lifetime traffic for $130...

[Duke87]

So, my mother is into scrapbooking. She knows these two guys from Idaho who buy up old papery things and resell them to people... usually with the idea that they'll then be cut up and made into collages. This, quite obscenely, includes old maps. For Christmas, my mother rescued a few from the chopping block by buying them and giving them to me instead.

TWA Routes, 1967
South Central US road map, 1947
Rocky Mountain National Park, 1976
Cheyenne, WY street map, Undated (features I-80 and I-25 - with sequential exit numbers)
Shenandoah National Park brochure, 1959
New England road map, 1976 (there were two of these, identical)
Santa Fe Motel brochure, Undated (features US 66 and 99, no interstates)

[bugo]

I also got a Hema Maps Australia Touring Atlas from a fellow road enthusiast.

[Alex]

Received a Shell USA Travel Guide from 1969
A DE-MD-VA-WV-DC folding map from 1956
A DE-MD-VA-WV folding map from 1935
A New England folding map from 1936
A New England folding map from 1941
A New York folding map from the 1940s
A DE-DC-MD-VA AAA folding map from 1979

[Chris]

I got a Michelin Road Atlas of Europe. Michelin has the best mapping in Europe in my opinion. Clear and detailed maps.

[Michael]

I got 2 new road signs! I got a Quebec provincial highway 132 shield w/ the property logo on the back (in French!) and I also got an M-46 shield with MDOT sticker on the back.

Cool!  I can just imagine unwrapping a street sign on Christmas morning now!  I'd probably hear "You don't need that!"

I told my mom I'd like the 2009 MUTCD for my birthday though.

A hard copy?  I'm good with the PDF from http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov

[njroadhorse]

I got a Michelin Road Atlas of Europe. Michelin has the best mapping in Europe in my opinion. Clear and detailed maps.

Yeah they do, I have both the UK/Ireland and the Germany/Netherlands/Austria/Switzerland/CR ones they sell in the US.

[US71]

I told my mom I'd like the 2009 MUTCD for my birthday though.

A hard copy?  I'm good with the PDF from http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov

I've got a loose leaf version of the 2003 edition. Got a good deal off e-bay

[FLRoads]

I received a collage of Florida colored shields photographed from different trips, a 1968 Rand McNally Road Atlas and one of my all-time favorite gifts, a 1926 Rand McNally Road Atlas, showing the humble beginnings of the U.S. Highway System.

[Hellfighter]

A new Nikon Digital Camera!

[hm insulators]

I got new tires, a set of jumper cables, and a tow strap

Hmmm, somebody doesn't have faith that your car will make it to your destination and back!

I didn't get anything road related under the tree, but I did buy Ridge Route: The Road that United California by Harrison Irving Scott.