The Slightly Different Road Home by beachzz
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The Slightly Different Road Home
Yesterday was the day
I drove home
After my trip to
The mountains
As usual I never quite
Made all the right turns
Twists detours cut offs
And I ended up somewhere
I really didn't want to be
It happened yet again
But I stopped and
I asked for directions
And this very nice man said
Go there do this turn there
Follow those signs
And you'll be right
Where you want to be
Sure sure I said
And I got back in my car
And off I went
Yeah right here's the first turn
And it doesn't look right
So I stopped and asked
Another very nice man
And he said go there turn there
Then make another turn off
And you'll get right
Where you want to be
Well heck darn dang and
Son of a gun
I thought to myself
Am I EVER gonna get home
So I just started driving
And by gosh there were those
Turns those signs those exits
And I followed them
Turned exited drove down roads
I'd never seen before
Saw places brand new
and guess what
I'm home safe sound warm dry tired
Sometimes getting lost is a real adventure
3/28/08
Comments (15)
photostar
You need one of those GPS navigators. They'll really get you to places you've never been before...some of them even get you right into lakes...lol...or so I've heard. Glad you had yet another adventure and are safe, back at home.
Janiss
Wunderfull as always Charlene!
busi2ness
Hehe, humorous despite the feeling of getting lost you describe so well.
hipps13
sure is had a few of them meself Lost in Las Vegas for two hours lol boy did I feel foolish but it was dark and a very long story to tell wonderful work warm hug, Linda
mickuk50
i
d be lost without my sat nav ,ive become very lazy in my old age :o)..glad you got home safe marilyn non the worse for your detour ,you were actually still for this shot lol :o) mickMad-Mike
Hey very cool capture Marilyn!!! I love your free spirit attitude! and yep, has happened to me before in life when i had cars, always discovering new places by accident, but was a pleasure hehe! going to send you a song for this particular upload now, it relates I believe :-) Have an awesome Fryday! ahhh I meant Friday lol!
Lmao
JeffG7BRJ
When I was with my first wife at weekends we used to jump in the car and go out for a run somewhere. Quite often I would let the kids do the navigating, we would come to a cross roads, I would call out which way, one of them(three, two boys and a girl) would shout out left, right, straight on and that is where I went. we finished up in some weird and wonderful places I can tell you. Some I could never find again but this was way back when fuel was cheap, before decimalisation. You could get 8 gallons and change for a pound, now its over a pound a litre, that eqates to roughly $9 a gallon. Excellent prose Marilyn, been there done that over and over. Superb work. Bravo!!!!!
jocko500
I know what you talking about. You talk like the rubber meet the road ; you know down to earth talk.
goodoleboy
but also a source of great anxiety. Looking at life through the sideview mirror, as we go driving merrily along. Thank you for the highly detailed and somewhat circuitous rundown of your going home experience. It reminds me of my adventures just trying to get out of the mad maze at LAX.
DaveDavis
Ha ha ha Sorry to laugh, but I've been lost in Auburn too, how typical... Love the shot, glad you made it outa there!!
auntietk
Oh dear! If I'd read this poem before we talked on the phone, I could have saved you telling me that long story! (It was a great story, anyway.) :) Wonderful poem - you've done a great job conveying the sense of being someplace unfamiliar and finding your way back home. Nice work!
lanemtripp
cute capture and glad you made it home safely!
JaneEden
Wow I loved your story, and you are a braver lady than I, I get real worried if I get lost in the countryside - thanks for this and glad you got home safely, hugs Jane xx
D.C.Monteny
What a boring adventure life would be, if we never got lost.
Mr-Fog
Taking wrong turns can be costly these days with the price of gas. But the price will never stop me from exploring new and wonderful places, even if they are just a different road near my house. And from where I'm guessing you live there are lots of beautiful roads to explore. Thanks for sharing.