Back in the day I used to have issues with driving and getting lost.  Especially when I first started to drive.  I think it actually helped me in the long run, not only to find my way back, but it also taught me how to read a map more efficiently.  I would say I was pretty good at it.

When we moved to Texas a few years ago.  I guess it’s been 5 1/2 years now (wow time flies) the only way I was going to learn this huge network of highways (unlike the Renton, Seattle area) was to just drive and get lost.  Of course I had a map to help me out and not to mention my wife lived in the area we moved to for two years before we got married and I moved her to Seattle, but that another story.

So I would spend my days just driving back and forth between Dallas and Fort Worth learning the area while I went on job interviews.  Now (5 and 1/2 years later) technology has improved and so have the costs.  I wish I could have bought a Garmin GPS.  That would have saved lots of time calling my wife and thumbing through the map book.  Five years ago and moving here without a job, a gps was definitely not in the budget.  However if I ever move to another location where I’m unfamiliar I will definitely grab one and put it to good use.