Originally Posted by
hilltowner
Like the guy who stopped in front of my house looking lost. When I asked him if he needed help he said he'd lost reception on his iphone and wasn't sure where he was and how much farther he needed to go (he was deep into a pretty brutally long day at that point). I went to my car and pulled out a map of the state. Pointed to his location on the map. Pointed to his destination on the map and said it might come in handy since reception was spotted in this hilly part of the state.
Cute anecdote but not common, and he was probably a newbie. I've NEVER done that. I remember when I first started touring and only used old-school paper maps (1970's) I'd stop and have to ask the locals to point to the un-labeled road. I guess the info they gave me was generally right --> HALF the time. Give me Google-maps and iPhone-GPS any time over that!