Beach Trip! North Alabama to Panama City, Florida, taking the back highway “short-cuts.” On two-lane US Hwy 231 between Sylacauga and Rockford. This is real booneyville territory, there’s nothing out there but rolling hills and woods. Had my trusty V1 Gen2™ mounted on the dash and tooling along about–why incriminate myself!–in a 55 zone.
At the top of a hill and I got a “blip,” then off when I went down into the valley. Thought “hmmm,” so I slowed to 65, then another “blip,” then gone when I went down to low ground again. After about the fourth hill and at least four miles further, I had slowed to the legal limit and was getting a fairly strong signal even down in the valleys.
Topped the fifth hill and there he sat on the side of the highway, a full-grown Smokey Bear in the bushes. I was legal as I drove past, patting my V1 on the head. I know I was five or six miles away with dense forest on either side when my V1 first detected him. I would NEVER give up my V1 Gen 2 for anything else. This is just one of many times it’s put a grin on my face.
Steven Rowe
Jacksonville, AL
