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icezeus · ‎10-30-2010

Oh you made me laugh with your sense or lack of direction. (smile) You remind me of a co-worker. She is absolutely horrible with directions. We tease her about it from time to time, and she even pokes fun at herself as well. If she is driving for lunch we literally have to tell her turn by turn.

I am fortunate that I have a very good sense of direction. I use Siri navigation in my car primarily because I live in Southern California and we have horrible traffic. I need it to route me home and to work utilizing the most efficient route possible. Even using it, although I only live a little over 30 miles from work it takes me at least 90 minutes to get home. (sigh)

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

@monicakm wrote:
@Franklinbell

What is trip tix? I know, I could Google it but I'll do it the old fashioned way since we're talking about old fashion technology (g)

A Trip Tix was a customized map that you could request from AAA. They would make pages of your route and highlight them for you to follow. The pages were bound at the top and you could just flip the pages back as your route continued.

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

After my first "road trip" with my "I've got a short cut" husband...I NEVER let him take the wheel again...

♥Surface of the Sun♥

nwbabs · ‎02-24-2018

Thank you @Carmie for posting an actual Trip Tik! I'm a maphead and can not resist a physical or virtual map.

If there is more than one way to get some place, you'll find me on the road less traveled.

@Carmie wrote:
@monicakm wrote:
@Franklinbell

What is trip tix? I know, I could Google it but I'll do it the old fashioned way since we're talking about old fashion technology (g)
A Trip Tix was a customized map that you could request from AAA. They would make pages of your route and highlight them for you to follow. The pages were bound at the top and you could just flip the pages back as your route continued.

beach-mom · ‎03-09-2010

Like a lot of you, I don't trust my GPS!

I still have an atlas in the back of the car. When I went to replace the older one people looked at me like I was nuts! I finally found a new one in a car repair place.

DS and I were making the 3-day road trip home from his college. We wanted to stop for dinner at one of our favorite chain restaurants in a big city. It was getting dark and we were following.the GPS. She finally took us to a huge parking lot in the middle of nowhere and said, "You have arrived at your destination." No we hadn't!

We drove for a while and finally gave up. We went back near the expressway and ate at another restaurant.

I frequently yell at "her." One time she had me driving into the Chesapeake Bay. Thank goodness it was daytime!

We rescue cats · ‎01-25-2023

We keep a few editions of atlas in the motorhome, and like to refer to them. The info in them is invaluable in showing how close we are to special or interesting locations nearby. Fascinating and interesting stops and places to visit!

Way back when I was about 20 I worked at AAA, in the travel department and remember the production of assembling the TripTiks. . . what a job! I think we had over a dozen folks in that department.

Lynn-Critter Lover!
(especially cats!)

monicakm · ‎03-16-2010

@Carmie

Isn't that cool. I don't know if my dad utilized those or not and unfortunately I have no one to ask anymore. The best travel story I have is being somewhere over the Ohio River in a four passenger plane when one of the engines went out. We were on our way home from West Virginia visiting Grandma for Christmas. We started losing altitude and had to turn around to go back to Columbus but needed to throw suitcases out of the door to make it. I think we were living in Kentucky at the time so I was probably 7ish

monicakm · ‎03-16-2010

@beach-mom

Good one LOL

Tonight I asked my husband if Google Maps ever takes him to the wrong destination or gives wrong directions. He uses it nearly every day. He told me that the biggest problem he has is that it always wants to take him on a toll road. Bless his heart he had no idea he could configure the map to ignore toll roads.

monicakm · ‎03-16-2010

@We rescue cats

Don't atlases have to be purchased again and again tho because of new roads/new exits, new retail, etc? I vaguely remember them as a child. What are some of the destinations you've been to while rv-ing?

speedy girl · ‎06-03-2018

I don't use maps anymore only because I don't have the need but I sure remember them and will always save the ones I have. My Dad was very big on maps and always made sure I had one in my car. So they will always be meaningful to me!