I've been working on continuing my novelette, Dawn of Demons. I won't get into too many details about the story, but here is a brief summary.

The story is about two girls after the apocalypse and the world is infested with demons. In my story, the demons are converted from humans and Dawn has some special gifts to deal with this new world. The first part ended with Dawn and Trista deciding to go to New York to find the people who wrote the "Project Humanity" document they found at the army facility. There are rifts throughout the world, most in cities. These rifts opened up and created the initial demons from those who fell and died. So, travel by road and car isn't possible. If the rifts haven't destroyed the roads, the largest concentration is near and around the rifts.

I knew where Dawn and Trista were at the beginning and where the army facility could be located in the Baltimore area. Using Google maps, I'm able to set the walking path my characters will take to New York. I can see terrain, buildings and examine photos of the area. Labels and road names are all listed right on the map and I can zoom in to see details. This will really help with describing the locations.

I still plan on traveling the path myself so that I have a true feel for the areas, minus the apocalypse of course.