01-09-2013, 05:51 PM
We use a Garmin for some road trips. It usually works well. The woman's voice gets a little petulent though when we exit off to a rest stop and then maybe have to do a lot of turns in the parking lot. After saying "recalculating" for the fifth time I get the impression she wants to slap me. 
I once drove with a friend who was navigating by map for me and told me that a turn we wanted was coming up. I argued with him about it. To prove his point he showed me a line with cross hatching on it. Not sure my car wheels had the correct gauge for those tracks.
I used to go on orienteering excusrions as a Boy Scout with a compass and a topographical map. We had to find stations (not much more than a post with a small box) that had hole punches to make unique marks on a ticket to prove we made it to each. That was fun...sort of primitive geocaching I guess.
I once drove with a friend who was navigating by map for me and told me that a turn we wanted was coming up. I argued with him about it. To prove his point he showed me a line with cross hatching on it. Not sure my car wheels had the correct gauge for those tracks.
I used to go on orienteering excusrions as a Boy Scout with a compass and a topographical map. We had to find stations (not much more than a post with a small box) that had hole punches to make unique marks on a ticket to prove we made it to each. That was fun...sort of primitive geocaching I guess.