The DeLorme Challenge has never really interested us. It is based on a commercial atlas that can change at any time, and it has. While there is now a way we can track our progress on the newer WI challenge, we’ll have to drag out our tattered version that is needed for the original DeLorme and check it out page by page, if we want to do that.
We like going for the counties better because counties are more definitive units than pages in a map book. Each county has its own distinct character, and when we “claim” a county, we have a good idea of what there is to see and do there.
Yes, the cost of gas is a factor, but caching and traveling around the state is how we spend our leisure dollars, and we plan for it. We hit caches in other states when we travel, but we won’t go for any challenges in any of them that require multiple trips. Wisconsin’s where it’s at for us! 😀
