IMG_1322So after the exciting trip to pick up the kid from camp following the navigational app that came installed on my iPhone (and which wanted to take me to a hospice) I thought… let’s use the google app instead.  It got us home.

It would’ve been fine except for two things… at some point the app decided we’d get to our destination a lot faster if we took a detour.  A very big detour.  The second thing… I’m not familiar with the route from where we started in Colorado to our intended destination in New Mexico.  So when the app changed routes, I didn’t know.  And, fine, when Brad said “this doesn’t look familiar.  At all.  Are you sure this thing knows what it’s doing?” I said, “well this is what it says to do!”

So a trip that should’ve taken about 9 hours took 11.  I don’t consider that particularly helpful.  I was certain google maps was taking us over a cliff at one point.  That’s when Brad had faith the road continued on the other side of the edge.  He didn’t agree one of us needed to get out and investigate further on foot.

So on he drove, we reached the top and went over the edge straight into… there was a road.  It did continue, and took us straight into the middle of nowhere.  After the kid pointed that out a few times, we discussed it and agreed we were moving forward so surely at some point we’d reach the edge of nowhere and when we did, we’d all be relieved.  It was during this time we saw the “points of interest” sign, and we were glad to see it, as otherwise we’d have no idea there was anything of interest.  At all.  Even then, we had to take it on faith that there was since faith is not by sight, and we were seeing nothing but nowhere!  How can the center of nowhere encompass such a large area?

We hit a large lonely stretch of road with a speed limit of 40.  But… if fines double there, it just made sense the speed should double too, and if we hadn’t come to that conclusion, I wouldn’t be sitting here updating the blog, we’d be halfway between the middle of nowhere and the edge.

I can tell you this, on the trip home we’re using a map!  A paper one!