[Blindtlk] Cool news during Christmas

[Sheila Leigland]

very cool indeed. Keep it up.
On 12/27/2014 12:14 PM, Tom Cramer via blindtlk wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I wanted to write the list to let you know about something cool that
> happened Christmas eve!  It goes back to a conversation we had on the
> list a few weeks ago when I was asking about canes and independent
> mobility.
>
> I needed to buy a final gift for a family member and Amazon told me
> they wouldn't deliver till after Christmas.  Since it was a CD I
> figured that some nearby stores would have it.  My parents were
> working and I didn't have much in the way of quick transportation and
> would have to take a taxi or something to get the CD, and the more
> stores I called the less luck I had.
> I finally got one store that had it but it was on a different side of
> town.  I figured I'd put my travel skills to use, and I called to find
> out what buses I'd need to get to that store.  Turns out that if I
> took onebus, it would turn into a different number at some point and
> literally take me a couple of blocks from where I needed to go.  Why
> not?  I needed to practice doing this anyway.
>
> With cane in hand I found my way to the us stop and took the bus to
> where I needed to go.  I walked the way I was directed and did get
> slightly confused, but someone helped me out. He even made sure I
> crossed a pretty long street.  I continued asking people along the way
> when I needed clarification and found the music store.  I went in and
> they had the CD waiting for me.  I even got another one for me.
>
> Before  I left I asked about how to get out of that weird parking lot,
> and following the directions they gave me I made my way back to the
> street and sidewalk and back to the bus.  I did worry a little bit
> because I thought I had missed the stop due to walking a long time and
> not exactly knowing where the stop was.  As I began to second guess
> myself, I found the gus shelter and asked a passer by if I was where I
> needed to be.  About ten minutes later the bus came.
>
> I was home before the rest of my family came back from work.
>
> When I told my family, they were surprised.  I'm on my way to being a
> better traveler!  I need to practice a lot and not just wait for o&m
> instructors to come every once in a while.
>   My mom and sister are still apprehensive.
> That was the coolest Christmas I gave someone this year.
> Tom
>
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