Don't forget your road map.

You're headed to a destination, whether you realize it or not.

North Dakota wind farm at sunset. © Julie R. Neidlinger

“Do we have our current road atlas?” I asked as a friend and I set about packing up the truck for a week on the road.

Sure, I have a phone.

Sure, it has Google Maps.

Sure, it’ll keep us on the fastest route avoiding closures and tolls.

Sure, we’ll use it at times.

But I neither trust the phone to work in…