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I guess it's very unfortunate that no one "missed" them for so many days, or that they seemingly hadn't relayed their itinerary to someone.<<<<<<<

I think people were concerned early on because the Kims usually kept in close contact with family and friends daily. I'm not sure the inn owner would have had an emergency contact number just from taking reservations. It appears from the story that they indeed burned tires during the day, that was something we all wondered about.

For those that have them, do the hand-held GPS systems (or onboard types) show roads like these? If they'd had one when they first knew they were lost, could they have navigated back to the main road? I know the weather was bad by then, but just curious about these systems.

My car has a built in navigation system that definately would have helped. Most roads, even dirt roads are on the system even though they show as unverified.

I do know in the area they were in, lived there until 2004, and my car does show that route to the coast but most likely the unverified warning would pop up on the screen when you turn off the Merlin-Galice Rd.

With the navigation system in my vehicle it also has the ability to leave "breadcrumbs" to help you navigate your way back if on roads not on the system.

Up until an upgrade in 2004 the only roads around the area they were lost that were on the system were the main roads. With the upgrade most roads are on it. Prior to 2004 I used the breadcrumb feature often when in rural areas of Josephine County.