About Mabel

We are traveling with our laptop loaded with Microsoft Streets & Trips. It works pretty well most of the time. Celeste started calling its female voice Mabel, because she was always able. But we have found that Mabel is not perfect. Sometimes she tries to take shortcuts. And sometimes these are little more than cart paths. Sometimes she hangs up a bit and gets a little behind. This is not much of an issue if we are on a long stretch of highway, but a bit of an inconvenience when you need to make decisions about which way to turn! Nonetheless, Mabel is probably a little better than a map. It is amazing how much she knows about locations of hotels and attractions. But we have to stay on our toes and not follow her blindly. Although, a couple of times when we didn't believe her, she turned out to be right after all.