From my business point of view, a story with the line “…when you’re in the middle of the forest and you don’t have a very good map” is a teachable moment.  It is not clear from the blogger’s tale whether he had some crummy map or no map at all, but there is no mention of a compass and I just have to assume he did not have one of these. Had I made available these excellent maps from Great Swamp Press on mapcenter.com sooner, Mr. Black might have run across them in time, and his day at Arcadia Management Area may not have turned out as misadventurous as it did.  He did, for the most part enjoy a delightful day.

I was struck by his readiness to post a such an open confession of map unpreparedness on the internet for all to see.  This is in stark contrast to my own inclinations.  I have had misadventures of my own that could have been easily prevented had I brought a map and compass along, but I will not be recounting them here.  Yes I too learned the hard way.  If you must have the details you will have to ask one of my sons who take greater pleasure than I in recounting those follies.