[nabs-l] cane travel trip 2

[Jedi]

Was that the Dollar General parking lot? I'd get lost in that one 
almost every time. then, i'd realize that something was wrong. The 
traffic wasn't in the right place, so I'd backtrack, find myself going 
downhill toward the street, then realize that I'd gone into that silly 
thing yet again.

respectfully Submitted,
Jedi


Original message:
> I remember in ther lcb there was one parkinglot everyone got lost in. The
> thing felt like pavement and you realised it when you hit cars that were not
> moving and the trafic on trenton sounded suddenly very far away. I wandered
> in to that parkinglot every time I traveled back to the center.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Angela fowler
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 9:06 AM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] cane travel trip 2

> Jim,
>         Just wanted to say congratulations on taking that cane for a test
> drive and keeping after it despite the frustrations. Once you get the hang
> of it you will find it a big help.
>         A couple of points, do you know the general orientation of the
> neighborhood in which you live? What I mean is, if I'm walking down X street
> and toward X landmark I'm walking south if I have not passed that landmark.
> If I walk down my driveway and turn right, I'm walking east. Once you have
> that down you can keep your direction easier. I was walking east, and I
> turned left, so now I'm walking north.
>         If you get an NFB cane, I think you will have a much easier dime
> detecting the change from concrete to asphalt which indicates that you have
> drifted into the street. As for large parking lots, I've been using a cane
> all my life and I still hate them LOL.
>         Once again, good work. The more you use the cane, the more
> comfortable you will be with it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Jim Reed
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 12:15 AM
> To: MAB List; NABS mail list
> Subject: [nabs-l] cane travel trip 2

> Hey all,
> The mobility part is easy, its the orientation part that is going to be hard
> to master. I decided to wear my sunglasses at night to make it more
> challenging, I think sunglasses are a good compramize to sleepshades at
> night, at least for now while Im trying to learn the basics. With the
> sunglasses on,  I got turned around once, and then overshot my house by two
> blocks. When I got lost I took off my sunglasses and was able to find my
> way. I'm still trying to figure out how I got turned around the first time.
> I ended up heading west when I wanted to go east. I realized my mistake when
> I was walking past my gym in the wrong direction. If I hadn't passed the
> gym, I'd be one county over by now.  Oh, by the way, large parking lots are
> a pain as well. As are streets without sidewalks. and very large sidewalks.
> and wheel chair accessable curbs that allow you to breeze into the street
> without knowing your in the street until you run into the curb on the other
> side (I was on quiet residential streets with no traffic at midnight, I was
> safe).

> I did get nervous when I heard some people somewhere near me; a cane make
> you an awfully big target. I'm a big guy, its not often I feel vulnerable.

> Thanks,
> Jim

> "From compromise and things half done,
> Keep me with stern and stubborn pride,
> And when at last the fight is won,
> ... Keep me still unsatisfied." --Louis Untermeyer



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