Speed the Wheel: The Vanishing Art of Getting Lost

I tend to be slow at acquiring new-fangled electronic gadgets. Case in point, I have a four-year old cell phone and only recently started dabbling in social media. Although this could be mere stubbornness or laziness, I prefer to think I’m acting out of sentimentality, fearful that we risk losing some of the charms of a simpler life with new toys. One device I have a love/hate relationship with is GPS. This technology, amazing as it is, threatens to abolish a time-honored motorcycling tradition—getting lost.

Most of us today are constantly linked to a satellite, able to discern where we are and how to get where we’re going. Obviously, the pros of GPS far outweigh any cons I could dredge up. That said, I will always fondly remember the good ol’ days when we had to rely on maps, instinct, and the kindness of strangers.