That was the whole point of the trip. My father, a man who still prints MapQuest directions and keeps a Thomas Guide in his glove compartment “just in case the satellites go dark,” had planned every mile of our two-week journey from Seattle to the Grand Canyon and back.

“Preparation is freedom,” he said, handing me a laminated itinerary.

We stayed for forty minutes. We didn’t take a single picture. Then Dad turned the car around, the map still useless in the back seat, and we drove home the long way.

Then, somewhere outside of Moab, Utah, the map ran out of ink.

Sam woke up. “Whoa,” he said.

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That was the whole point of the trip. My father, a man who still prints MapQuest directions and keeps a Thomas Guide in his glove compartment “just in case the satellites go dark,” had planned every mile of our two-week journey from Seattle to the Grand Canyon and back.

“Preparation is freedom,” he said, handing me a laminated itinerary. blog amateur

We stayed for forty minutes. We didn’t take a single picture. Then Dad turned the car around, the map still useless in the back seat, and we drove home the long way. That was the whole point of the trip

Then, somewhere outside of Moab, Utah, the map ran out of ink. ” he said

Sam woke up. “Whoa,” he said.