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Originally Posted by Eleven
I use my GPS as a teacher, not a leader.
My wife does the opposite.
I use it once or twice to get somewhere and after that I am golden. The wife has yet to learn how to drive my son to hockey practice without the GPS and he has been skating with this team over a year and a half.
I loved maps as a kid (Thank you Mr. Fetty from Schaefer Jr. High School!) and used AAA maps to get around before GPS. So the transition to GPS was great, but as the OP said, I love 'seeing' the way, not being told the way.
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Same here and my wife is the same. I will use GPS to get there the first time. Second time I try to go off memory and will use GPS in case I screw up and end up being somewhere that I am unfamiliar with but usually two times and there is no need for it. I will also sometimes map it out in MapQuest and use GPS as a backup in case I get lost or feel like I may be off course. I have always been really good with navigating around. We have only been living here in NC for 4 years and many times we will be somewhere that we may not normally go and my wife will always ask "How do you know your way around and know where your going?" Which I usually respond, "Well, I was here once so I kind of know where we are." It amazes her every time, whereas she has driven to friends of ours that live an hour away a bunch of times and still couldn't get there without GPS. At least one of has a sense of direction.