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MineralMan

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42. I still haven't seen Mt. Rushmore.

Mon Feb 18, 2019, 02:00 PM

Feb 2019

Neither has my wife, who was born in South Dakota. We had a trip planned, but then my brother got gravely ill and I had to fly to California, instead. Maybe we'll go this spring. It would be a nice road trip, and we could see other things along the way.

When my wife was growing up as a child in SD, all vacations in her family were to visit relatives. She had no relatives in Rapid City, so they never went there. Weird. My family also visited relatives, but we only stayed one day with them and then went on to see other things. We got to travel all around the western states when I was growing up. We saw everything, pretty much, camping in tents along the way. Those two week vacations were always explorations. I love my parents for giving us all those experiences.

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Here's a typical 1962 GPS System for cars in that day. [View all] MineralMan Feb 2019 OP

I still have a stack of Thomas Guides Codeine Feb 2019 #1

I really hate voice directions when I'm driving. So, I rarely use them. MineralMan Feb 2019 #4

That's the same procedure I follow Codeine Feb 2019 #17

Around here, street names change in many cities. MineralMan Feb 2019 #20

AAA used to plot a trip book for cardholders. It was a... brush Feb 2019 #44

Yes. Those were very useful, indeed. MineralMan Feb 2019 #45

Yep. Ohiogal Feb 2019 #58

Ditto. They were my introduction to navigation. n/t Beartracks Feb 2019 #64

They still do them. Not sure if they still print them up the same, PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2019 #63

I am pretty sure that they still do this. efhmc Feb 2019 #73

They still do them and offer paper maps. we can do it Feb 2019 #117

I finally found something we disagree on... Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #39

My wife's like that. MineralMan Feb 2019 #40

Oh, I confuse "her" all the time by Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #50

Yes. I'd use it for that, too. I just don't do that, so MineralMan Feb 2019 #54

When in college I delivered payrolls for ADP on Long Island. Before I left I'd plot out my trip.... George II Feb 2019 #35

I sure wish we were all driving electric vehicles back then DemocracyMouse Feb 2019 #46

Thomas Brothers! In Los Angeles people lived by them More_Cowbell Feb 2019 #52

I live literally right at LibDemAlways Feb 2019 #56

The SOCONY maps were always wrong after JDR died... Dennis Donovan Feb 2019 #2

I still have an up-to-date road atlas. MineralMan Feb 2019 #5

I use both. Cracklin Charlie Feb 2019 #8

True story; Google Maps GPS kept trying to send me south from SC to NY... Dennis Donovan Feb 2019 #15

Oh, that can be really frustrating. MineralMan Feb 2019 #57

This advertisement says it all: Dennis Donovan Feb 2019 #60

+1. Best thing for trips back then were AAA Triptiks. Among other things, I'm a moron when it Hoyt Feb 2019 #3

Wow! I've driven that particular route hundreds of times. MineralMan Feb 2019 #7

On the other hand, when my wife and I moved from California MineralMan Feb 2019 #13

I35 goes south all the way to Texas. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2019 #68

I was on I-20. MineralMan Feb 2019 #98

Aha! I misread your post, thought you were talking about going PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2019 #108

No problem. MineralMan Feb 2019 #109

one of my favorite one-line jokes.... lastlib Feb 2019 #104

LOL! MineralMan Feb 2019 #107

AAA was a biker's best friend... Wounded Bear Feb 2019 #9

Born in Santa Maria... pecosbob Feb 2019 #11

Was just right near Santa Maria for Xmas :) Cal Poly Alum (as are both my 1st cousins) here ... mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #75

When I was 13 my family made our big trip using AAA TripTick. We went from Missouri to Arkansas Granny Feb 2019 #12

Oh, yeah! True Blue American Feb 2019 #55

I used one yesterday. Cracklin Charlie Feb 2019 #6

Since we're talking about Petroleum company pubs, what about the Shell Answer Man Books? Dennis Donovan Feb 2019 #10

Very cool! MineralMan Feb 2019 #14

They coincided with the Shell / CBS promotional "Bicentennial Minute" Dennis Donovan Feb 2019 #19

...of course, found an old ad via YT: Dennis Donovan Feb 2019 #77

'Blue Highways' by William Least Heat Moon: panader0 Feb 2019 #16

Excellent book! MineralMan Feb 2019 #18

I remember how my family chose where to go using the old atlas ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #21

Yes! Planning a road trip was fun. MineralMan Feb 2019 #22

I still use 101 instead of I-5 sometimes. RockRaven Feb 2019 #23

Well, I lived in San Luis Obispo County for 35 years, MineralMan Feb 2019 #27

Check my pics above posted to Pecos I took Xmas 2018 :) mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #82

Cool! I recognize them all. MineralMan Feb 2019 #89

Once decided to take I-5 back from the Bay Area to So Cal a couple of days after LibDemAlways Feb 2019 #51

Hell yeah it is! (nt) mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #90

I always look at an atlas or individual maps before going to a completely new place. WeekiWater Feb 2019 #24

The best state maps were Exxon's (even when they were Esso)... TreasonousBastard Feb 2019 #25

I recall that road maps were free at most gas stations randr Feb 2019 #26

Yes. The oil companies had great state maps. MineralMan Feb 2019 #28

Many times I will I had some of them randr Feb 2019 #110

They're cheap on ebay. MineralMan Feb 2019 #111

Thanks, I'll check it out randr Feb 2019 #112

Wow ! You had a color TV in 62 ? jaysunb Feb 2019 #29

Early adopters. MineralMan Feb 2019 #30

Lol my first thought. N/t jaysunb Feb 2019 #32

W bought a huge True Blue American Feb 2019 #91

Fun random fact: the cheapest gasoline's ever been, adjusted for inflation, was in 1998. Spider Jerusalem Feb 2019 #31

Cellphones have changed the way we get around so much Johnny2X2X Feb 2019 #33

So much has changed due to technology. MineralMan Feb 2019 #36

I remember car phones in the 80s Johnny2X2X Feb 2019 #47

I still use that GPS system. nt yaesu Feb 2019 #34

Well, I hope you have a more up-to-date road atlas. MineralMan Feb 2019 #38

I am 62 and hope I NEVER EVER have to look at another Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #37

Mt. Rushmore isn't a natural rock formation? Harker Feb 2019 #41

I still haven't seen Mt. Rushmore. MineralMan Feb 2019 #42

I can hardly remember it. Harker Feb 2019 #62

W took a day tour True Blue American Feb 2019 #93

I'd like to go back. n/t Harker Feb 2019 #99

Relatives have a ranch out there. True Blue American Feb 2019 #101

I am a map hoe. 7.5's are my fav for the woods, google earth if I looking for a particular place. GemDigger Feb 2019 #43

I had a 20 something d_r Feb 2019 #48

Kids. I always ask at the car rental exit how to get to the freeway I want. MineralMan Feb 2019 #66

I have gotten a car at lax before d_r Feb 2019 #115

Signage for car rental returns at LAX is lousy. MineralMan Feb 2019 #116

Thanks! d_r Feb 2019 #118

I keep an Atlas in my car all the time and get a new one every couple years. appleannie1943 Feb 2019 #49

What always amuses me is traffic gridlock, but nobody takes the first MineralMan Feb 2019 #53

You and I think alike. I have used the sun as my guide on macadam roads to get around I64 in appleannie1943 Feb 2019 #69

Right. I got lost in Minneapolis a while back. MineralMan Feb 2019 #74

Our summer family vacations were taken using this. redstatebluegirl Feb 2019 #59

Sounds like our family trips. MineralMan Feb 2019 #67

I prefer that kind of GPS system . . . must be the geezer in me. Vinca Feb 2019 #61

Ah, nostalgia Mr. Quackers Feb 2019 #65

Oh, I'm not doing that at all. MineralMan Feb 2019 #71

It's been my observation in recent years that people PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2019 #70

That's true. MineralMan Feb 2019 #80

My 93yo mom kept all of hers Duppers Feb 2019 #72

hell, a whole lot of people (myself included) Blue_Tires Feb 2019 #76

Yup. There's one in my car, along with a street map of MineralMan Feb 2019 #84

Who among us could forget HoJo's, Esso gas and roadside parks? KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2019 #78

That's how I do it, too. MineralMan Feb 2019 #81

I have Thomas Guides from when I lived in SoCal! EllieBC Feb 2019 #79

That's a good point. Codeine Feb 2019 #95

Yes! I tried to explain that to my sister recently. EllieBC Feb 2019 #103

It's sad but true that a lot of kids today don't even know how to read a map infullview Feb 2019 #83

Without GPS, I'd be in big trouble Clash City Rocker Feb 2019 #85

Look up in the sky. That big ball of light and the time of day MineralMan Feb 2019 #87

My kids can't figure out that I know which direction I am going in. True Blue American Feb 2019 #94

It's generally possible to tell where the sun is, even on a cloudy day. MineralMan Feb 2019 #96

I knew that!:) True Blue American Feb 2019 #100

I still carry a Rand McNally atlas in my car! Staph Feb 2019 #86

That's Smart. MineralMan Feb 2019 #88

I still carry one Bettie Feb 2019 #92

Another historic travel guide. Similar, but more essential. Marcuse Feb 2019 #97

I have a reprint of that. MineralMan Feb 2019 #106

We have maps in our Farraday bags underpants Feb 2019 #102

I am lost without my GPS ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #105

Yes I have a Rand McNally in my car BumRushDaShow Feb 2019 #113

That's the one I have, too. MineralMan Feb 2019 #114

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