I want to first say that I feel lucky to be a child of the 80's. As long as I can remember, my family has always taken my brother and I on family trips. Whenever I saw my dad with his book of maps, I just knew he was planning something fun. My dad believed in taking the "Scenic route" to every location he was planning, just so we wouldn't have to stare at nothing but the highways as we were traveling. We never flew on an airplane anywhere either. In fact, my first airplane ride was my Senior trip to Florida when I was 18 years old. Before that trip I've been to about 38-40 US states just from driving with the family.
Back then, GPS devices or smart phones weren't around to use so it was all about the good ole' fashion paper map. I remember watching my dad highlight different routes he planned on using and circling towns we planned on staying over night in. I learned a lot from watching my father plan our trips. Thanks to him, I can easily read a map and navigate myself to wherever I have to go.
Kind of makes you wonder if this new generation of children could do the same. Say there actually was an "apocalypse" and all the electricity was out and all of the cell phone towers were dead, could this generation actually read a map? Do they even teach that in school? I have no idea actually. In this age, we often depend on our smart phones and GPS devices too much to get us to where we have to go. If your phone's battery all of a sudden died while you were traveling somewhere, could you find your way to your destination without it? I know I could. Don't get me wrong, I love using a certain app on my phone that makes my traveling easier. All I can say is that I know I will be prepared if any apocalyptic event shall occur. Anyway that's all I have to say about that, leave a comment with your thoughts on the subject :)
