No, not the one that begins with S. The one we routinely call her and her colleague from Samsung that resides inside my old S-4 when they take us places we don't want to visit....like Middle-of-Nowhere-Istan.
This past week we went places we had never been before...voluntarily for the most part but sometimes not so much. We had actual paper maps, but on teeny tiny back roads in the middle of nowhere they are essentially useless. Most of the roads aren't even there.
Thus we used the navigation tools on our phones.
My phone is outdated, slow, and full of errors, so we eventually used Becky's modest version of the iPhone.
Once we persuaded it to use the route we wanted rather than the one through downtown Washington DC, it worked pretty well.
Until yesterday.
We wanted a route diagonally north from Appomattox to Route 81. Siri found one, or so she told us. In reality I don't think one exists.
Our first clue that something might be wrong was when she turned us off Route 64 and we had to go under that thing in the upper photo.
Things got worse from there.
When you find yourself looking for Sheep Creek Rd. you tend to get a wee bit nervous.
When you see the sign above you get a little nervouser.
When the road turns from a skinny, twisty, upwardly mobile, paved two-lane to a one-lane rock chip horror that tangles and untangles its way up a mountain you think about turning around. We didn't think about it anywhere near soon enough.
When we finally gave up we were many miles up in wild mountains, where it was incredibly beautiful, but very, very far from any place we needed to be and by the time we got back where we started we were nearly an hour and a half behind.
I Googled Sheep Creek Road and looked at the way Siri wanted to take us north I am well beyond wildly grateful we gave up when we did. OMG
We eventually found our own way to I 81. We eventually found our way home. It was a great trip....but home is home....
*If you wish to trace the route where Siri was trying to take us, follow Sheep Creek to Murrells Gap and see if you can find a way to I 81 North.
I think sometimes Siri drinks heavily.
ReplyDelete" Most of the roads aren't even there."
ReplyDeleteHoley Moley!!!!!
What an adventure!!
(And entertainingly told! We were right there with you :-D
I think Jan is right. You would not be surprised how many semi's we get way out here looking for some place else.
ReplyDeleteWhat a trip and lots to see I imagine. I know you like to see or read about different birds. Here is a story about a big bird, it is a Cassowary and from Australia. A man here in Florida was trying to raise them it seems. He fell and the bird killed him with its claws. The story is in the Tampa Bay Times, April 15 issue. page 5B. I know you will find it interesting.
ReplyDeleteJan, I think it was moonshine this time. I kept hearing the banjos from Deliverance.
ReplyDeleteCathy, thanks, had I trusted the car's transmission it would have been an amusing detour...however...
Linda, I can well believe it. We have had it happen here. Two driveways, the barn is okay for trucks, the house most emphatically is not.
Ellie, it was wonderful. I love the South. I read the story about the bird. They are considered extremely dangerous. Don't think I want one!