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Janelle Whalen's avatar

I am SO with you when it comes to maps. I like to look at the big picture and figure out how to get from here to there. I have a big collection of maps and I'm lucky to have a son who loves to drive. He lives in NYC so doesn't own a car. When he comes to visit me we hop in my car in the morning and just explore all day. No purpose. No destination in mind. Just exploring. He doesn't mind dirt roads, or city streets. We have so much fun. We both have GPS on our phones but he likes to pull out the maps I have in my glove compartment and study the big picture. I guess if we had a specific destination we'd use the GPS. But for just exploring...maps are what we want. It's a great way to spend a day.

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Kim Goff's avatar

We love our DeLorme Atlas of Maine but more than once we have sought out roads that turned to dirt and then to... animal trails? The road names are also interesting! There are many that share the same name, some that reflect families in the area and some that capture events of long ago! I am not a great map reader in urban areas - the maze of highways boggles my mind! It sounds like you are a confident navigator in both domains! A great life skill in my opinion.

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