My latest Amazon purchase was a very large map of the United States. I felt the need to have the whole shebang in front of me after erroneously thinking that Tennesse had a coastline. Sorry, TN, you are almost Midwest. So, now I can look up where you all live!
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I love maps! I used to keep road atlases up to date for all my kids for all our moves and travels. That got exhausting. But during downtime at work i will pull up google maps and plan my next journey.
HippieChick58
Level 9
June 10, 2019
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I know. Maps are brilliant! I had a map of the topography of the oceans but I can’t find it know. Must have got mislaid in a move. And medieval maps of Britain. Oh, the ecstasy!
I love maps too and have this 3x4 ft map of Alaska on my wall... anybody interested in exploring Alaska should invest in a copy of The Milepost. You can find it on Amazon and it is the best mile by mile travel guide for this this state including the Alaska Highway through Canada.
FrostyJim
Level 8
June 10, 2019
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I too love maps and studying them. I always did all the navigating when my husband and I travelled extensively by car, around Europe and South East Asia. Shortly before he died he bought a SatNav and I had to tell him to switch it off. I hated it, and it took all the fun out of the journey for me. I actually think it stops people from thinking about where they are going, and which direction they are travelling in.
Marionville
Level 10
June 10, 2019
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Agreed.
For my 60th birthday in 2013, I planned a steep backpacking trip to beautiful Necklace Valley, WA. To mark and celebrate 40 years of passionate hiking.
The man I was dating infuriated me. All I asked him to do is get the Green Trails Maps in Seattle. I planned meals and snacks, dried and packaged all of our food for the three-day hike.
The night before we planned to leave, he arrived late with a birthday gift for me. A f-cking, one-pound GPS unit that ate batteries for lunch. He did not get the Green Trails maps, as promised. My heart sank.
"I uploaded trail maps for Washington and Oregon," he said excitedly. The stupid GPS unit was useless. It severely lacked have the detail we needed. You had to stare at it, following a stupid arrow. Dangerous and useless. I made him carry it.
Without the maps, we did not get to the highest most ethereal lakes (photo).
Photo taken by Karen, my hiking partner, in August 2018.
@LiterateHiker Oh wow! That is some view! I would love to visit that part of the USA and see that glorious scenery, only drove down from Vancouver to Seattle a number of years ago.but never got into the mountains. That must have been so disappointing for you. Do you not find that men seem to be the ones who want all the latest technology..in general, not just as navigational aids.
You're right. The only man I ever met who preferred maps over technology was Dan, my favorite hiking partner. Alas, he moved to Utah.
Dan taught me to (finally) use a compass. He made it easy.
Experienced hikers know that carrying a map is essential. Not to depend on electronic devices.
In the mountains, often there is not cell phone service.
@LiterateHiker My husband was a former Scout Leader, and used maps and compasses regularly when hiking over wild terrain, but he did like technology in other respects, he thought the GPS would save me from having the bother of map reading! I told him he should have realised how much I loved map reading...after 30+ years and he said yes...but he thought that was because there were no GPS invented and I had no alternative!
@Marionville I think I must be a woman! I can’t abide technology unless it is utilitarian. Like you maps and atlases over GPS unless you need to get around an unknown town or city.
Maps are great things to sit and look at. I could do with papering the house with them - there are so many areas of the world's I am hazy about
CeliaVL
Level 7
June 10, 2019
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I LOVE maps! Behind me is a trail map of North Central Washington. In the winter, with a flashlight, I plot future hikes and drool.
@LiterateHiker I used to do that with maps when I was younger and mobile. We would go out and walk every weekend.
My last purchase was a map of the seas around britain - so when the shipping forecast is on I can see where the storms are brewing and decide whether to risk a fishing trip
ShadowAmicus
Level 8
June 10, 2019
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After growing up in Michigan, I still have a nebulous grasp of Western geography.
For decades, I couldn't remember which state was the farthest north: Montana or Wyoming. Finally, a friend shared this tip:
"M" in Montana points up. "W" in Wyoming points down.
Therefore, Montana is north of Wyoming.
LiterateHiker
Level 9
June 10, 2019
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Great mnemonic, LiterateHiker.
Thanks. I agree.
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