And you stuck to the main, very large highways instead of trying the smaller routes. I always wonder if the Waze era of travel has helped or hurt smaller communities.

My family always went on holiday to Ireland so they had a map for it. When I was little I used to love opening that thing and picturing all the places we could go.

I did that back in 2008 when i get into college of another state, where gps device is expensive to me and i'm still using the now ancient phone. the first thing i did is go to the book store and bought one local map, study and memorise it, looking for nearby landmark and triangulate my position when i'm lost. Young people should try doing this if possible, it's a good exercise on navigation skill.

The good ol' Road Atlas.

Also an excellent autism diagnosis tool.

and help from strangers

And my father always refused to ask for help, so we got lost and then when he finally had to admit it, my mother asked someone and my father pretended it was all her fault ... (not so) good times.

I still play the role of navigator to this day…