Other half has been (and still is) trying to get me to rely on gadgetry for my navigation across America – and it does make sense in terms of minimising what I need to take with me and I do you use my phone for navigation at home – but I neither trust myself or the gadgetry enough to rely on it for 3 months (3 hours could be pushing it) – a lot could wrong – losing phone;  phone dying;  battery dying;  phone getting wet (paper maps getting wet isn’t good either of course) and then what if I press the wrong button and delete 3 months worth of maps – it is all possible!

So paper maps it is and except for one,  I think I now have a map for each state I will be cycling through.   I’ve been out with the highlighter marking my route – still got a lot to do – but now I think I need to starting cutting up the maps and getting rid of the bits I don’t need.   But ……………….. I’m struggling to get the scissors out of the kitchen drawer……………common sense is telling me it needs to be done but ……………it seems like complete destruction to start chopping up brand new maps though…………………what a dilemma.