How We Navigate the World

Inspired by a post  http://t.co/d0YCKK8r via @NatGeoTraveler

Ideas about navigating without a GPS; like the old days. Reminds me of being in Baker Lake and meeting two teenagers leading seemingly hopeless lives (not that they were unhappy). The came by one evening when Eric and I were finishing dinner. Teenage pregnancy, probably drugs, dead-end jobs, dropped out of high school. We despaired for them. Next night, they came by again. This time one of them told us about a late spring skido trip - 500km, two days - to a distant community. It would have been below freezing the whole time. One of the skido's broke down. All told with that calm, almost graceful approach. After they walked away, we were left stunned by the juxtaposition of images of the two girls. I had more faith after that encounter.