Thank you for your reply Mark -I didn't realize that was using the wrong mapping device. I will check out the Map Center and give the Line Drawing Tool a go and see if that will help me out. I sat down today with 4 AAA maps of the various regions of the USA spread out over the table and highlighters, calculator, pencil and pen, to try to calculate my mileage using those itty bitty numbers in between miniscule dots, then converting mileage to km so I have an idea of distance. (KM in Canada so I'm unfamiliar with miles) It's not impossible, and I did it for all our other road trips, but I'm getting lazy and want a computer to help me more and more. ;) I appreciate that there's a chance that a "smarter" tool could be coming in the future. Our Great America Road Trip is not until September, so perhaps it'll be in time before we leave and I can fine-tune my plans a bit more.