Jim Boone, I understand about the limits of a GPS. And of the limitations of cell signals in rural areas. There was no cell phone reception at my old place nor for about two miles around. People did not believe me and were stunned by this. My GPS refuses to be upgraded so it's time for a new one as I regularly have the maps updated. Yup, it's an old model. Support was not able to help me upgrade so it's time. A once defunct railroad in my area is now back in service which has changed many things - I was trying to find a new friend's home and my gps wanted me to travel up a road that is now blocked by fencing because of the trains running - the train crossing was not reactivated and instead is blocked by fence - so I ended up at a dead end facing the fence, turned around in someone's driveway and came back out. Even a map would not show this change.
But my oldies are also confused by maps now, get disoriented by landmarks that change, argue over the best way to go, the road that didn't used to be one way, and are getting lost more and more often. Nothing is perfect - but using
their methods in the past few months they've missed two weddings (barely made it to the end of one reception), a party and a meetup of family/friends at a restaurant, were three hours late to their son's home we're they've been probably 50 times. They are not travelling hundreds of miles away from home. They are in areas they 'used to know' local and somewhat local. If I had the money, I'd hire them a driver. I have just asked them to please take along their cell phones (they have two - which they pay service for) but they won't. I loaned them my GPS to get to their son's house but they switched it off because it couldn't be right (it was, I mapped out the route myself) This is a constant challenge for me that is getting more difficult ...
did not mean to hijack this thread.
Point being - we all would get guests like this..