Originally Posted by
Need
40 years ago, we had to sit in the car off the side of the road waiting for grandpa to read the Thomas Guide and found out where we missed the turn. Then he will find out that we were actually in Orange County and the Los Angeles County Thomas Guide did not cover it. So grandpa moved on to the set of AAA maps and pulling them out one by one to figure out which city we were in. One of us had to jump out of the car to find out the name of the cross street. All this time, grandma was arguing with grandpa asking him to pull up to a gas station and ask.
I think it is a good thing that people forget how to read paper map. Just thinking out loud.
Amen to reading maps. I'm older and do just fine reading a map, heck my pilot training was about using maps for a large portion of training, but this new generation couldn't find Starbucks a block away without a GPS.
That said, paper maps don't tell you about traffic, road closures, traffic, etc.