Originally Posted by quailman
Originally Posted by ford150man
Originally Posted by Irishguy
…No GPS...
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Can you imagine giving a young person of today, a folded up map, or an Atlas map book? I can remember me
And my cousin going on a 900 mile road trip without using any kind of map at all. We just knew to go north to Nashville, then northwest to Kansas City. We just followed the road signs. You REALLY traveled a lot if your Atlas had the simulated leather cover.


When I got home from Bootcamp, Mom lived in Pensacola. I had orders to a ship in Boston.

My young dumb ass didn't even know where Boston was, just up North. Pulled out an Atlas, and was like damn, that's way up
there.

Packed my stuff and headed North. After about 2 hours, I realized I had forgot the Atlas. Just drove North on the coast until I found it.

You got a pretty good check for the difference. I did when I graduated Orlando, heading to San Diego for Hospital Corpsman "A" school. Then I got directed to Okinawa for 18 months. Took care of a barracks full of Marines.