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[qualitygal]

These two occurances were years and years apart but first GPS one, led us to a corn field in PA., the second one, last year, took us up someone's driveway, and told us we'd have to walk the rest of the way.  So............ I'm a papermap fan and user too.

[qualitygal]

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@Bonkers1 wrote:

I'm in my 70's and never mastered the art of map folding.

My folding nightmare is fitted sheets.  LOL

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[qualitygal]

@Venezia  Agree with everything you wrote.  We had an occasion to do the right, right, right, and end up back where you started trip too.

[qualitygal]

May I add a story here please?  Within our state, there's a military base.  On a trip to visit us, my dad drove the family up. It was a 5-hour trip.  When they got to our home, my sister got out and fell to her knees and kissed the ground.  My dad had NO sense of direction.  Mom used a map, and anywhere he drove wrongly, it was her fault, even if she'd told him o therwise.  I laugh now remembering all this, but to ride with the "mad driver" was horrifying to say the least as a kid.  I'll bet some of my car sicknesses I suffered from, was due to his driving.  He made good time, we just never knew where we'd end up.  ROFLOL.

[Imaoldhippie]

Hubby and I had a new doctors appointment yesterday since we moved.  We had not been there before, so we did the Google map thing.  It took us in the wrong direction in town and we were 45 mins looking for the office.

Also, map quest has sent us several directions that were the longest way around or just plain wrong.

Give me an old fashioned paper map anyday.  Maps used to be free at gas stations.  Now they are selling for almost $10.00.

[DrakesMomma]

I am GenX.  My son is GenZ.  GPS as we know it now hasn't always been in his life.  He has seen, used, and folded a road map before.  Every trip we took that was more than an hour from home he and I looked at the map before we left.  The map went with us when we left home.  This included trips 7 hours away to see family. 

Maps are given out at theme parks, museums, festivals.  They are even in some video games.  They may not be as grand as unfolding a road map but kids today know what maps are.    

[jlkz]

@Kachina624 

Paper Maps:  When we used to drive the 2-day trip to Marco Island, FL ( below Naples ), DH would create an enlarged copy of each page where the trip route continued.  Then I would slip each page into a plastic sleeve and slip it into a flexible binder to use as we went through each state.

Worked well but at 80 we just fly...can't take the stress and wear and tear on the bones !

[faeriemoon]

I love maps; always have.

However, I don't use them much for navigation these days.

[ccassaday]

We called it a atlas. It was a book of all50 states. Imagine how easy a gps can be updated and how quickly those maps became outdated 

[Franklinbell]

@qualitygal Thats funny!  My best friend and i have a running joke about fitted sheet folding!