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Vent: My old route planning binder is just a box of memories now
I used to spend hours with a paper map, a highlighter, and a binder full of printed trip reports from the early 2000s, but now I just pull up a couple of apps and a saved list on my phone, which is faster but feels a lot less like an adventure.
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harris.andrew1d ago
The binder was a physical part of the trip before you even left. Apps just give you a list, which feels like a chore. You lost the fun of building the plan yourself.
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max_cooper211d ago
Remember printing out MapQuest directions and having that stack of papers on the passenger seat. Half the drive was my friend trying to refold the map the right way after we missed a turn. The trip really did start days before, just like you said, with all that planning and anticipation. Now my phone just barks orders at me and it feels like I'm just following a script.
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brooket4323h agoMost Upvoted
Was the real trip the friends we made trying to refold the map, like @harris.andrew's binder?
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