FUEGO
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The problem I have with GPS, stand alone or phone, is it shows me where I am, and it gets me to where I want to go, but I don't know where I am.
That's how I ended up in the middle of the Adirondacks one day. Didn't realize our route on the interstate took us through the middle of nowhere and we wouldn't have cell reception. Guess where we broke down?
We're kind of spoiled that we can plan a multi-hundred mile trip with a 10 second series of screen taps on a mobile phone, click "navigate" and then follow the spoken directions and get where we're going. I know what you mean about not really knowing where you are. On road trips I have to pay attention to what city we're in and even what state we're in.
To combat that, I take a look at the big picture. Zoom out. How many more miles till the next big city? How far till we get to the state line? Do I need to stop somewhere in particular for cheap gas or a place that has a variety of restaurants? Sometimes that's aiming for a certain exit number.