Posted on 07/07/2022 11:25:05 AM PDT by algore
At that age, I was more or less doing about the same thing, running around all night with friends.
It’s what teenagers do.
“But 16 and out at 2:30am with two friends?”
You’re obviously not from the South. For all you know they were out frog-giggin’. Additionally, I-10 is very close to the coast. They may have been fishing or flounder-giggin’. ;-)
My girl brain prefers maps. My dad taught me how to use them. He could find his way almost anywhere, sometimes without a map.
One of my first jobs in the early ‘70s was in a city Mapping and Platting Department. That’s where I learned to love maps, and learn directions (N,S,E,W). One of my tasks was to run huge copies of Mylar maps on the old blueline machine. (I actually liked that ammonia smell!)
“The three girls in the car had driven off Interstate-10 straight into the water after trying to follow the directions on their GPS...”
Woman drivers, gen Z, and “smart” technology... the Perfect Storm!
Are Thomas Guides still being printed on paper?
In this case.. Thank Goodness!
You can’t say he “was up to no good.” :0)
Not to detract from this young man’s heroism, but the Pascagoula Rive ain’t alligator infested. There are a few there, but you’d be hard pressed to find one.
This really great. But the driver should have their license revoked.
I think this happened at the I-10 boat launch, which literally runs between (and underneath) the lanes of I-10. A GPS can’t tell that you’re not on elevated roadway that’s 18 feet above you!
There are lots of good people of all ages.
Good story
Roger that! And, “recalculating” gets old quick. Especially since I don’t follow directions that well. 😅🤔✌
LOL! Yup! Of course they could have been headed to work.
Okay, allegedly infested. 😅✌🐊
My question is, how did they get there. I know where this is. You have to take a myriad of turns to get to that launch.
That is a good point. I have seen that when exiting a highway.
Poor girls.
My old GPS-V took me wheelin’ frequently, but never into an alligator infested swamp at night (probably because we don’t have them here).
Went 1 block and got a second turn right. Went 1 block and got a third turn right. If you’re counting, this was a full circle putting me back on the boulevard. Pulled over, called my contact at the steel mill and got verbal directions for the last 1/2 mile of the 700 something mile drive.
They were fishing or gigging frogs.
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