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LostI have always had a good sense of direction when driving. Recently, My wife and I were driving to a destination in the neighboring state. I had driven on the same roads several years ago, so I was not concerned about losing my way. Plus, a friend had given me an abbreviated map with the main routes marked and directions were included. There was no need to take my Atlas (mistake #1). The route went through a small town and I missed seeing a sign when the route turned at a busy intersection. After a mile or two, I stopped and asked directions and was told to take a short cut to get back on track. The directions were OK, but it was five minutes before we reached our route again. Fortunately we arrived at our destination a few minutes late without additional problems.My Mistake #2. I should have retraced my steps, so I would know how to go back home later. As we started home a week later, I reached in the glove compartment for the little map. It wasn't there, but I was confident I manage without it. That was mistake #3. I found the map in my suitcase, when I unpacked. After driving a few miles, we came upon a detour sign. I followed it for ten miles. As we came to a fork in the road, I noticed a familiar Route number so I decided to take it, instead of staying on the detour. Mistake #4. As Yogi Berra once said "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." After a few miles, I approached an exit that looked familiar; however, this led to heavy city traffic. I stopped again to ask directions and to get a map at a service station. The only attendant was eating a sandwich so the directions were difficult to understand. He had no maps. This led to mistake #5; we ventured back onto the expressway taking exit 40B which should have been exit 44B. After a several turns and many groans, we finally saw a sign for route 322, our old way home. Although, my ego was hurt, I have learned to have several copies of a local map in my car.
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