Subj : Re: Travel To : JOE MACKEY From : NANCY BACKUS Date : Thu May 02 2019 16:24:00 -=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 05-01-19 07:08 <=- > If you are getting them from the computer, it can be useful to zoom > them in and get more detail before you print them out.... They still > aren't as accurate as the printed maps, though, I've found.... JM> I'm not printing Google and Mapquest maps. Too much paperwork JM> flying around in the car, out the window, etc. :) The old-fashioned fold-em-up paper maps don't fly around the car or out the window... ;) And can be folded carefully to be open to the place where your trip is happening.... JM> One thing I do is have a separate sheet of paper with something like JM> "Rt X to Y, then whichever direction to Z" etc. For specific directions at the end of a day's leg of the trip, I might have that written out separately, especially for a new area... JM> I will also back track a route from one town to another if that JM> route disappears on the printed map. I also will think "Well, it has JM> to be there somewhere" since the interstates will usually parallel the JM> old road for the most part. True in most cases... often criss-crossing underneath/over the interstate.... but sometimes parts do get lost.... JM> I had to work (uh, warm a chair) Monday and Tuesday and used my JM> tablet to zoom in for points of interest and checking their websites. JM> Sheesh, every place wants money to get in. Its $20 here, $40 there... JM> I may just drive by those places and look in passing. :) I guess you waited too long to check them out... prices just keep going up.... ;) If it's something you've /really/ wanted to see, though, it might be worth the entrance fee.... :) There might be senior citizen discounts for some of them, too... ttyl neb .... Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world's perfect food. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5 * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140) .