Paper maps from tourist info spots used to be my go-to for saving cash. Now my phone dies halfway through the day, and I end up buying overpriced coffee just to use an outlet.

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That whole phone battery thing is so real. My GPS crapped out in the middle of nowhere once and I had to dig an old atlas out of my glove box. Felt like a dinosaur, but it got me home.

hugo6991mo ago

Funny how @keith788's story hits home. I used to laugh at my dad for keeping road atlases, thinking GPS was foolproof. Then my phone died on a backroad trip, and I had to ask for directions at a gas station. Now I've got a state map tucked in my glove box, and it feels like a security blanket.

the_logan16d ago

My buddy's phone overheated and shut off on a desert highway last summer. He had zero signal, no paper map, nothing. Ended up following power lines for like an hour until he hit a tiny town with a payphone. He bought a road atlas the next day and keeps it under his seat now.