I had expected something along the lines of “oh, so are you as a responsible council member also going to join your army on the front lines?”, or about Syr’Nj not being daring to abandon her important duties to Gastonia — but this reply is actually way better. And her expression is marvelous.

“try to” because really, how often do you take the time? Back in 2012, it was mostly printed-out screenshots from Google Maps for me, since I had no smartphone (and really no desire to pay for continuous data while driving internationally), so you pretty much had to see the route first, and try to memorize at least parts of it because looking at a piece of paper while driving is annoying. Shortly after, I switched to OpenStreetmaps, which was way more up to date in many of the parts which I traveled through.

Also, two pro tips for those relying only on their smartphones (as do I these days):
1: Use OSMAnd instead of (or in addition to) Google Maps or whatever iPhones come with. It downloads the maps (from OSM) and computes the route on the device, too. That way you need no data connection.
2: If/when battery might run low: Look at the map, memorize as far as you can, turn off navigation and go by street signs and memory as far as you dare before consulting again. If navigation is paused most of the time, that saves a ton of power

Took me ages afterward to figure out what had happened there and why.

This was in the just-pre-GPS, pre-WiFi-hotspot days, when “printing directions off MapQuest” really was about as high-tech as you could get. At least I had a cell phone I could use to make a few phone calls with.