My husband uses MapPoint. (I use the "ask husband to use MapPoint" method.) He prints out the map and off we go.
I also have a Thomas Guide in the car.
When out and decide to go somewhere without knowing where it is, we either use the "oh, heck, let's just drive around until we find it" method, or else pull over and ask somebody.
The absolute best time I ever had asking for directions was when we were going to a concert on Camp Pendleton. The uniform at the gate started with "ok, you go 15 klicks straight..." We actually didn't get a word of it, but it was fun to listen to. (Luckily, there were signs.)
If I someday buy a new car and have the money, I'd love the thing that tells you where you are and where you're going; calls the ambulance for you; all that stuff. I'm sure there will also be amusement value in listening to my husband go into his "government spyware" rant.
