
๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฉ

As we try to move closer to a post Covid world the need or want to travel is on the rise. ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐. ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ. One of the tried and true ways to get out and experience life has always been to hit the open road. ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ Itโs like a warm hug from an old friend. Even the thought of holding that piece of Americana conjures up memories of a not so distant time when things were a little simpler. A nostalgic glimps into the past when anything seemed possible. So In honor of the great American road trip ๐ฅ๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ.
๐บ ๐๐๐๐ - โThe Official Automobile Blue Book,โ was printed. Less than a map book it more contained generalized directions and distances between towns and landmarks.
๐บ ๐๐๐๐ - 2 friends and a dog named Bud took off from San Francisco and in a mere 63 days ended up in New York. And just like that the great American Road trip was invented.
๐บ ๐๐๐๐ - Rand McNally came out with their first road map โNew Automobile Road Map of New York City & Vicinity.โ
๐บ ๐๐๐๐ - Michelin seeing the need for a better bigger map, produced its first USA road map
๐บ ๐๐๐๐ - Gulf oil opened the first drive-in gas station in Pittsburgh and gave all its customers the first free road map.
๐บ ๐๐๐๐ - with more cars on the road Congress passed The Federal Highway Act. Laying out state highways, federal funding and a country wide number system.
๐บ ๐๐๐๐ - the first map depicting Route 66 was printed by the Bureau of Public Roads.
๐บ ๐๐๐๐ - an estimated 70 million free maps were handed out annually
๐บ ๐๐๐๐ - The end of WWII marked a change in road map style. The beautiful artistic maps of the 20โs and 30โs gave way to the tourist centered maps of the post war era.
๐บ ๐๐๐๐ an estimated 200 million maps were being annually given out . Over doubling in 30 years
๐บ ๐๐๐๐ - map production fell to a little over 7 million. A huge decrease since the 10 years prior. With less people driving, an oil crises and rising gas costs all but 1 service station stopped giving free paper maps.
๐บ ๐๐๐๐ - Exxon mobile hands out the very last free gas station road map. Officially ending an era.
Lucky for us the chamber of commerce and visitor centers still produce and handout free road maps. ๐๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ.
As always #mapon everyone.
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