If I may suggest, my wife and I are advanced in age. When we were young, like everyone else, we used maps and the travel atlases as we roamed around the US. I was a semi-expert at maps because of my Dad's guidance as a kid. My wife, on the other hand, didn't know east from west.
So, before every trip, the night before we left we would study a map, always stressing the direction of north and monitoring the sun's position. To her joy she became an excellent co-pilot, soon surpassing my map skills! Now, of course, there's GPS, which we both love, but agree isn't as much fun as maps. (We still carry an atlas in the car for a backup.)
If I may suggest, my wife and I are advanced in age. When we were young, like everyone else, we used maps and the travel atlases as we roamed around the US. I was a semi-expert at maps because of my Dad's guidance as a kid. My wife, on the other hand, didn't know east from west.
So, before every trip, the night before we left we would study a map, always stressing the direction of north and monitoring the sun's position. To her joy she became an excellent co-pilot, soon surpassing my map skills! Now, of course, there's GPS, which we both love, but agree isn't as much fun as maps. (We still carry an atlas in the car for a backup.)