I drove to Montreal last weekend with my Mother. I don't drive in Montreal often. Usually I walk or take public transportation. Driving in unfamiliar cities is tiring.
My goal was to arrive safely and efficiently at our destination in the heart of the city.
The drive began with two hours of bumper to bumper traffic.
In a stripped Mazda 3 with almost 100K miles on it. Crank windows, manual door locks. And a swell Garmin GPS stuck to the windshield.
I've used the GPS to get me in and out of Boston and Long Island and through Connecticut. Suzy, the name my brother gave to his GPS and I assigned to mine for ease of use, was perfect. At the Canadian border, Suzy plotted a path to the hotel. I had plenty of time to put in the address because there was a 30 minute wait at Customs.
By now it was 9:30p, nearing the end of a long workday. Adding tired in to unfamiliar city makes it even more important to use every tool you can to be safe.
We made it to the hotel safely and handed the keys to the desk clerk.
Went for a little walk in the city and then got some Canadian cash out of an ATM. Granted it took me three tries, two tries to get the PIN code right and another to choose the account with money in it.
It was then that Mom said, "You rely too much on all this technology."
The next day, Suzy directed us to the train museum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Railway_Museum), then back to the city for RibFest (http://www.montrealribfest.com/). The cash bought food.
Don't dis the tech
Using available technology to allow you to do what needs to be done is OKAY.