[Ansteorra] Collision of Caravans

[Deborah May]

Master Tivar!  Ever read "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut?"  It's a short story by Stephen 
King circa early- mid-1980's.  Perhaps the map was giving you the "as the crow 
flies" distance.  Practice enough and you could bend space and time and arrive 
at your destination more quickly than if you'd taken an "as the crow flies" 
direct route.  Of course, there's no telling what kind of critters you might 
encounter...

One of my all-time favorite tales and I highly recommend it.

Bright Blessings to All Travelers this Mid-Summer Day,
Ceridwen
(who knew I found the right man when he had back-road routes to OKC from
Enid, OK that were a little "Mrs. Todd-like")




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From: Chris Zakes <dontivar at gmail.com>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Fri, June 21, 2013 2:32:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Collision of Caravans

At 02:21 PM 6/21/2013, you wrote:

> I will be ever vigillant....
> Tina

Going to see our daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter in Rapid City a few 
years ago, the paper map we bought in Rapid City, Google Maps and the GPS *all* 
said to take a certain road. That road turned into a gravel road which ended in 
someone's front yard about a quarter-mile from where we wanted to be. The only 
way to proceed fron there was on foot or *maybe* in a 4-wheel drive vehicle; 
there was no road--all the maps lied.

To add to the fun, the hill we had just come down had enough ice mixed in with 
the gravel that we couldn't get the car back up it. We ended up having to call a 
tow truck to pull us out. I've also heard stories of people's GPS units routing 
them through lakes or on gravel roads over mountain passes in the middle of 
winter. So, yeah, don't totally trust the GPS.

        -Tivar Moondragon

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