LOL@ Hikermor! I was speechless! And to Eugene's point, the directions were a little off but close enough.

We were going from a major city to a little town outside a major city so little risk other than a late arrival.

You're absolutely right, Buckeye. I don't know what happened to their gps systems. We were outside of Ottawa in an area that hadn't had power for 3 days but I don't imagine that had anything to do with it. They were on two different major Canadian networks and they just seemed to get stuck for a little while. I'd never rely solely on it in a more remote or wilderness setting.

2 is good and 3 is better is a great mindset but when it comes to navigation, an alternate, manual system like a paper map back-up makes a lot sense. In this case it wasn't crucial but I can certainly see why the number of calls for rescue has gone up with people who depend on that technology.