Plague Diary: In Which I Have No Cardinal Direction

[lydy]

I just want to say that the sheer number of people who have helpfully informed me that if I wish to see Lake Erie all I need to do is drive north is adorable.  The idea that I, Lydia Nickerson, could somehow use that as information that would help me choose a direction in which to point my vehicle points to a touching faith in my ability to, I dunno, read a map, maybe?  I have literally no idea what direction North is from here.  I have a vague feeling that Minneapolis is West of here and NYC is East of here, but I honestly would not want to bet money on it.

Comments

[haertstitch]

uhm try google.maps
and let it tell you where you are.
it will orient the top of the map north
and it show and tell you where to go
it can't help itself

it helps to have a huge landmark.
in chicago i'd aim at the lake or away from it
and if it was on the right
I knew north was in front of me.

[lydy]

I got my first smart phone specifically because I was terrified that some day, they would take away I94, and I would end up wandering the wilds of St. Paul forever, rather than making it home from work. (That actually did happen, one Saturday morning, where they just...blocked off 94 and I was forced to take the 280 exit. I drove around in tears for probably 30 minus before I finally ended up on the U of M campus, where I had once worked. From there, I was able to follow the bus route home. It was not the most efficient route, I suspect, but I recognized it.)

mass transit is a help

[haertstitch]

I've been trapped in the cities too
really found it frustrating.

I took very bus route I could
in Chicago in the attempt to map the city.
luckily they mostly when north to south
verses round and in spokes like busses in the cities.