Man, how times have changed

If you don't plan routing, you can get away with what have you.
But for someone like me who plan custom routes over a rather large size of territory (150 - 250mi/day) with tens of shaping points and many different roads and turns, a good navigating device like Garmin Zumo or a phone/CarPlay/(kurviger) is essential for this.
At times of paper maps I had pages of directions with arrows and roads/streets names (something similar to Dakar racers just not rolled up) on my tank, in conjunction with paper maps. On occasions if lost I had to guess directions based on the sun (provided the sun is out).
Today it sounds like a nightmare in comparison with today's tools.
I wouldn't want to go back to that :)
AAA Triptics were awesome!!!
 
Heck I'm planning a trip to the UP next month and just stopped and picked up a AAA map the other day ;)
I have a good old Rand McNally atlas in one of the saddlebags on all of my ST1100s.
I always like to have spares and a backup plan just in case.
Electronics are great until they ain't - and the ain't part is usually when you need them to most! ;)
 
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