Stop and ask directions

[Adam]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

How 'bout just planning ahead?

Yup. And failing that, I get myself close and then stop at a gas station or fast food joint and ask them how to get to the middle school. I know where all the high schools are.
Seriously, since starting here this year, I've found mapquest to be a Godsend. I don't need GPS, but a good mapquest printout is like sliced bread.

[mplagrow]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Seriously, since starting here this year, I've found mapquest to be a Godsend. I don't need GPS, but a good mapquest printout is like sliced bread.

It can be. . .but I've had a couple of issues with mapquest. Sometimes it will forego the quickest route to give you a route based on major highways. A couple of times, it's been dead wrong. Once I was going to a movie with my wife and I used mapquest to locate the theater (in the Denver area). I followed the directions exactly, and it put me in a little residential neighborhood in a cul-de-sac nowhere near the theater. I was ready to knock on somebody's door and ask if Highlander: Endgame was playing in their basement.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by mplagrow

It can be. . .but I've had a couple of issues with mapquest. Sometimes it will forego the quickest route to give you a route based on major highways. A couple of times, it's been dead wrong. Once I was going to a movie with my wife and I used mapquest to locate the theater (in the Denver area). I followed the directions exactly, and it put me in a little residential neighborhood in a cul-de-sac nowhere near the theater. I was ready to knock on somebody's door and ask if Highlander: Endgame was playing in their basement.

I've had problems with Mapquest, too. One time it sent me through a residential street that diddn't go clear through! When I finally got to that school, I also discovered that had that residential street gone through, I would have been routed through a back entrance to the school grounds which is generally locked.

Another time, Mapquest had the spelling of a school wrong, and couldn't find it for me. I always use Google Maps, and don't bother with printed directions. Just print out the map, and use my well-developed old-lady intuition and reasoning.

[BillyMac]

In Connecticut, our high school sports governing body, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Association (CIAC) has directions to its member schools on their web site.

[All_Heart]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

I always use Google Maps, and don't bother with printed directions. Just print out the map, and use my well-developed old-lady intuition and reasoning.

So do you print the directions or don't ya?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

One time it sent me through a residential street that diddn't go clear through! When I finally got to that school, I also discovered that had that residential street gone through, I would have been routed through a back entrance to the school grounds which is generally locked.

Another time, Mapquest had the spelling of a school wrong, and couldn't find it for me.

Juulie, let me guess. Since you were unfamiliar with the terrain, you were over here on the west side.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

And failing that, I get myself close and then stop at a gas station or fast food joint and ask them how to get to the middle school.

ASK FOR DIRECTIONS??!!??

I bet you don't use duct tape, either.