all. Throughout my life I have been lost a lot of times, but at this
moment I want to talk about one day when I recently moved to Rhode
Island.
One day I tried to bring my mother-in-law and her niece to Burlington,
located in Bald Hill, Warwick. I had an idea of how to get there and I
tried to go without using GPS. So, here began the adventure. We got in
the car, I turned it on and took the route that I “knew”, but I made a
little mistake, I passed the exit that I was supposed to take and I
decided to take the next one…BIG MISTAKE!. This exit brought me to
the Walmart Supercenter on Plainfield, Cranston. Totally the opposite
way!
When we arrived there, I was happy because at least I knew where I
was (I recognized the place just because I had been there before), but
that was also the moment when I found out we were lost and I still was
denied to use the GPS because I wanted to challenge myself. So, I
started driving through street after street and places that still I have no
idea where it was. I just said, “Let’s see if I can get there or find another
known place while we are learning new places,” but after
approximately 15 minutes I gave up and I had to use the GPS. That was
when I noticed I was very far away from Burlington.
I think this was a funny experience, because we saw new beautiful
places while listening to music and laughing about our situation. The
bad side is that I used all my gas and we arrived late to our destination.
Fortunately it was still early and they had time to do their shopping in
Burlington.
~
by Marling F. - Dominican Republic
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