Speaking of vacations of yore and travel in the summer, a question came to mind. “What do we do with old maps?”
Once upon a time I was considering wallpapering my basement with them in the guest room. Maps would be a nice travel theme there as I already have maps framed from ocean adventures. Another idea was to use them as wrapping paper, encouraging travel to the gift recipient. Perhaps just pulling them out occasionally and reminiscing or exploring? Heaven knows I could pull out the thousands of photos cataloged in scrapbooks along with them!
Map reading was actually a skill we were taught in school. On road trips we would pick up the free map at the rest stops. It was probably to give the parents a sanity break, but it was always entertaining when Dad would ask us how far something was and we had to figure it out. I doubt he really cared but it was a good teachable moment.
Oh, maybe a road trip is in my future? A GPS-less, map-riddled journey. Maybe in a foreign country for fun? Now that would be an adventure!
Without GPS, and an “excellent” map, we were lost every day we were in Germany. Could have had gps as an add on with rental car, but we had a great map! I wouldn’t recommend it.🫤