quote:Originally posted by charlene:
when Val picked me up in ALbany we got lost just trying to find her vehicle in the parking lot...
LOLOL! I seem to recall we took a wrong exit when we picked Melissa up at the Albany airport.
We really got lost one time when Derek was with us. We were driving to Saratoga from Connecticut, a trip we'd made a bunch of times, and all of the sudden we noticed we were no longer on the highway. We were way out in the country, on some narrow farm road. We kept driving around trying to find our way back when I had the brilliant idea, "Just drive west. Head toward the sun. I know for a fact that either the parkway or I-87 is west of us, and I know whe haven't crossed over either of them." Eventually we came across the parkway. We got into Saratoga just in time to do a couple of numbers at Bailey's Bar and Grill. We turned a two and a half hour drive into a four hour drive.
I don't even want to talk about the ride from Red Bank to Glenside, where we turned a two hour drive into a six hour one and almost missed the concert!
Then there was that time with Sharon where we were going to your house, Char, and ended up in some industrial complex that was fenced in and had an attendant at the main gate. I said, "Wow. Char lives in one heck of a secure gated community!" Val wasn't with us that time, but I do recall when we finally arrived at your place, like two hours after everyone else had arrived, she had a good laugh about Sharon, Mom and I getting lost.
Oh yeah, and on the way back to Maine from Toronto, we were cruising up the Trans Canada and drove right past the Maine exit. When I started seeing signs for the Restigouche Region, I knew we had gone at least 75 miles too far. I mentioned it to Sharon, and she said, "No, we're okay. I remember seeing that sign on the way to Toronto." We argued for 10 minutes, driving another 15 miles or so, and finally she pulled over, so we could argue some more and look at a map. Gord straightened us out, though. He sang, "Turn around, go back down, back the way you came." We took that as a sign and found our way back to the exit.
And one time I recall Jenney telling us to follow her tail lights and she'd lead us back to the hotel. We were driving along, and all the sudden I said, "Oh my God, we've lost Jenney?" (It was something like South Park and "Oh my God, they've killed Kenny." It happened with each episode). We looked down on the exit ramp and saw a flash of her tail lights, and then she was gone. About two hours later, we managed to find our way back all by ourselves.
You know, I was alright as a navigator until Val started playing Lightfoot music. Then I just lost all concentration and was carried away by the music.
Cathy
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