You're right about getting lost on back roads, Kat. It's really tough if you don't have good maps - and good maps are getting harder and harder to find. Even the American Automobile Association is getting be be a cheapskate when it comes to maps - and the maps are why I joined AAA in the first place.

GPS doesn't make it, because you need to see the Big Picture if you're traveling back roads. I did have some trouble travelling Pennsylvania and Connecticut last fall - but I did it anyhow, and had a wonderful time. Got lost a few times, but so what? I always travel back roads, so I've developed a knack.

Speaking of GPS, Kendall and Jacqui had GPS when they came to visit a couple of years ago, here in the Sierra Nevada Foothills. THAT was very entertaining. Reminds me of the time when I went to a gathering in Downeast Maine, and two people attending were lobstermen who were five miles away from home - they had to pull off the road and call for directions, while I got there from California without assistance....

-Joe-