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I listen to this book on CD all the time, "A Walk In The Woods" by Bill Bryson. It's my favorite thing to listen to on long car rides- it's about how he attempts to hike the Appalachian Trail. Anyway, he says the maps of the Pennsylvania section are worse than useless. Maybe it's just the state :-(
Nanci
Lol. I thought of that too. Possibly my favourite Bill Bryson book.
I love Pennsylvania. All of my molecules are Pennsylvania molecules. When I lived in sunny California, I was homesick for Pennsylvania every day for ten long years. And here's the Pennsylvanian truth - This is the worst damn state in the union when it comes to trying to find your way around! When I drove crosscountry to move back here, every major intersection in every other state had signs to tell you what town or city was in each direction. Not in Pennsylvania. Street signs that name BOTH streets at a crossroads - never in Pennsylvania! I think it's part of a Leni Lenape Indian curse - they couldn't make the white folks get back to Europe, but they could make them waste a whole lotta time wandering around lost as can be and cussing a blue streak.
As curses go, deceptively sinister.
By the way, the only time I got lost on that 3,000 mile drive was 1/2 hour from my parents' house.
Sorry, Anne.
Latest update - I joined AAA and got a 6-county map that shows my area. Hurray! Why didn't I think of that first? Thanks for the suggestion!
The map is kind of funny though because it shows some roads, not all, and doesn't always show the entire road. For instance, the road I usually ride was shown as dead-ending at the interstate but I knew that it went a few miles longer and connected with this other road I always ride. And I took a new road home yesterday but again the map showed it dead-ending at the interstate. I knew there was no exit there so I gave it a shot. 1/2 mile out of town the road came to a "T" and I had to ask how to get to down-town - it was literally on the other side of the hill (I felt kind of stupid). But at least with this partial map I can generally figure out my location and which direction to try to head. I cut my little area out of the map and put it in a zip-lock bag that I carry in my back pocket. Very convenient.
So problem solved. Thank you for listening to my venting and giving such great suggestions. I have to warn you though - if you plan on visiting rural Pennsylvania, beware of winding unmapped roads :) Oh - and there's also the smell of cow manure to deal with. Very pungent ):
ROFL LLB and Anne - if I ever visit PA, I'm just gonna visit ya'll and let you Show me around! :rolleyes:
(we'll meet at the border so I don't end up in another state trying to find ya)