Friday, August 19, 2005
Follow The Blasted Signs
So last week, I went on vacation. Anyways, Irene and I had planned to go to the San Diego Wild Animal Park and the San Diego Zoo, both very exciting places for those of you who live in a boring place, like No Cal or anyplace outside of California (I feel sorry for you).
The problem is, it had been a while since either one of us had been there. Ah! But not to worry, the brochures for both of these exciting places provided maps and directions. Or as I later found out "directions".
Directions, according to "San Diego Zoo/Wild Animal Park" Dictionary, reads as follows--"A guide to the correct part of the state, then follow the signs." The maps were two lines with a star somewhere else on the page, and the directions read "Take freeway x to freeway y, then exit 400 miles away from the park, then follow the signs." The problem is, within these 400 miles, there are only 2 signs, so one spends about three hours between signs, wondering, "Am I still going the right direction? I was following the signs 200 miles ago, but am I still? And is there a place I can find food and water if I get stranded ouT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE?!?!?"
So after several days of traversing through the mountains, we found it. But we learned a very important lesson--When in doubt, follow the signs.
So last week, I went on vacation. Anyways, Irene and I had planned to go to the San Diego Wild Animal Park and the San Diego Zoo, both very exciting places for those of you who live in a boring place, like No Cal or anyplace outside of California (I feel sorry for you).
The problem is, it had been a while since either one of us had been there. Ah! But not to worry, the brochures for both of these exciting places provided maps and directions. Or as I later found out "directions".
Directions, according to "San Diego Zoo/Wild Animal Park" Dictionary, reads as follows--"A guide to the correct part of the state, then follow the signs." The maps were two lines with a star somewhere else on the page, and the directions read "Take freeway x to freeway y, then exit 400 miles away from the park, then follow the signs." The problem is, within these 400 miles, there are only 2 signs, so one spends about three hours between signs, wondering, "Am I still going the right direction? I was following the signs 200 miles ago, but am I still? And is there a place I can find food and water if I get stranded ouT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE?!?!?"
So after several days of traversing through the mountains, we found it. But we learned a very important lesson--When in doubt, follow the signs.
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