-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 04-25-19  06:31 <=-

 >  JM> drive another 20 miles (in WV and some western states) before you
 >  JM> come across another exit, then have to double back, etc.  
 > And sometimes, even more.... but at least the interstates tend to have
 > better signage for the exits

 JM> Usually traffic is a bit slower on the older roads. Oh you have the
 JM> occasional driver passing you like you're sitting still, but not as
 JM> often as on interstates.

Which does make it more relaxing... Also, there generally are some
places where one can pass a really poky driver... or one could be lucky
enough for that one to turn off pretty soon... <G>

 > check out my route the night before, to "recite" the pertinent decision
 > points...  

 JM> I will have notes such as "turn north at such-and-such place" and so
 JM> on.  The map is nearby as a reference as well.
 JM> I have a large atlas for my trip but so many of the blue highways
 JM> are just wiggly lines here and there with no numbers on them.
 JM> I've always believed the shortest distance between two points is a
 JM> straight lines and will see this squiggly line is shorter in distance
 JM> but no numbers.

That's when having a more local map is useful... And where AAA can be
helpful.... A state map, or better yet, a regional one, will have the
numbers (and sometimes the street names) on it for even the blue
highways.... and often have insets for cities and towns...  

 JM> I am also using Google maps and Mapquest which mostly only show
 JM> interstates.  But they are handy for more/detailed information for
 JM> some side trip to visit.   

If you are getting them from the computer, it can be useful to zoom them
in and get more detail before you print them out.... They still aren't
as accurate as the printed maps, though, I've found.... 

 JM> I recall a commercial from years ago.  
 JM> A fella is using GPS and told to turn here and there and so forth
 JM> which he does.  Then he's told turn right and a slight pause.  He turns
 JM> and runs into the plate glass window of a restaurant with the voice
 JM> saying "In 200 yards".
 JM> I don't recall what the ad was selling though.

That sounds like some of the Geico ads....  I've heard some real life
horror tales about GPS misleadings... 

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