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Switched to a paper map for a weekend trip and ended up in a ghost town
Last month, I planned a drive through the Blue Ridge Mountains and decided to use a 1990s road atlas instead of my phone's GPS. About an hour in, I missed a turn that wasn't clearly marked and took a long, winding back road. After 20 minutes, I rolled into this tiny, empty town called Copperhill, just a few old buildings and a closed general store. It was quiet and kind of neat, but not where I meant to go. The map got me there, but it also showed me a place I never would have found otherwise. Has anyone else had a trip go totally different because you ditched the digital guide?
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roseb473mo ago
Why risk getting lost on purpose though
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emery183mo ago
Because sometimes you find yourself in the getting lost part.
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paulc939d ago
Copperhill's actually a real spot, used to have a train depot back in the day. Keep a paper map in the glovebox for when your phone loses signal up in the mountains, it'll save you from wandering too far off.
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