Just an FYI on the Atlas contest. The winner has been notified, and I’m just waiting to hear back.

As always, this was done by random selection. Because there were so many comments, I split them up into five groups. Had my daughter give me 5 numbers. Figured out who the 5 finalists were, and then asked her to pick a number between 1 and 5.

And that’s how we chose the winner. :)

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July, and keep turned for our next giveaway!

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You’ll also be able to search metro areas to get traffic newsflashes, like flood warnings and road closings, as well as see their traffic hotspts - rated from clear (0) to jammed (10).

Don’t forget … comment to win a 2009 “green” road atlas from Rand McNally