Where are we going?

Obstruction: Navigate a foreign land with only an iPhone.

We had planned to bring roadmaps of the bay area and northern California. Left behind, they sat, selected and waiting on our dining room table. The car rental place gave us some small scale maps, but nothing that covered the entire area of our travels.

Back in September SB bought an iPhone. It was a selfish request on my part, to no longer have to listen to him list all the reasons having an iPhone at this exact minute would make our lives so much better. Having an iPhone nearby has been great. Nothing soothes the Internet addict better than knowing the world wide is always within reach.

We basically relied solely on the iPhone mapping system for the entirety of our week long adventure and I learned to yearn for paper. Waiting for a map to be pulled from the thin air takes forever, especially when you are speeding down the interstate, going the wrong direction, trying to find the right exit. Paper maps are so fast, they are always fully loaded.

Besides the time frustrations, relying on the iPhone meant it was always being pulled out and handled. On SB’s birthday the phone slipped and fell, face down on a gravel driveway, shattering its beautiful face. It still works, but now goes by the name scarface. It is $200 to get it “fixed” because they must replace the whole device.

At least the driveway led to the most fantastic baked good of our entire life, at Big Sur Bakery and Restaurant. I’m still thinking about the perfection of their candied ginger scone, so tender, so perfect, it made Lazy Jane’s scones seem like cludgy seconds. Maybe it was the wood fired oven.