[nagdu] Pilot in 1987

[Larry D. Keeler]

That's the route!  You remember that thing pretty well!  I think its not a 
long one and tests most of your skills.  You don't even have to tell the 
dogs to find in!  They just sort of do it! When were you there in 2008.  I 
was there Augjust-September.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jessica Pitzer" <rolosgirl at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Pilot in 1987


> Its a bit different as of 2009 not sure exactly now as i'm waiting to
> get back in for a poodle, but anyway here it is as of 2009
> the gate is on town street now, not grub, halfway between grub and
> skidmore, so you go out of the gate and go right at the down curb you
> cross skidmore.
> you then continue straight along town to gift street
> you turn right at the down curb and walk along gift to rich street
> you then wait at the light and cross rich street
> at the up curb you turn right walk maybe 2 or 3 steps turn right again
> to face the street and wiat for the bus. I forget the numbers!
> the trainer will tell you the numbers of the bus though.
> you ask the driver for long and high
> you get off at long and turn left and walk maybe half a block or so to 
> down curb
> turn left curb to curb and cross high screet another light and a crazy
> ione in my opinion.
> you then walk down high and cross gay, broad, I hate that one, and
> down to state.
> then you turn around and walk abck up the block about half a block and
> wait for the bus.
> some trainers have you cross state go in cvs and purchase and then
> come back out and cross state and find the bus stop, others don't mine
> did not.
> You get on the bus and as for gift and town streets when you get off
> you turn left and find the very. very flat curb it is so flat it is
> hard to figure out if its the curb or street there, you then cross,
> and walk a long block all the way to grub street you turn left curb to
> curb which is difficult because of a huge lump thing in the sidewalk I
> think its a drain, you cross town on the light, you step up onto a
> very very high curb.. like, knee high
> you turn left and start saying juno find inside because the gate is
> coming up on the right, they know where that gate si, the pull picks
> up the tail wags, the dog wiggles, they know, and yoru done!
> my first time in 2008 we had to go to the cvs and buy something and
> then go out and turn right and get the bus there but the bus stop
> location changed in 2009.
> I'm hoping to go back sometime this year, i am told i'm on the wiatin
> glist with some in front of me and no poodles available right now at
> all so we still wait.
>
>
> On 2/3/12, loriandleo <loriandleo at ohiohills.com> wrote:
>> Hi Jenine,
>>
>> That the exact route I walked for my test walk when I  was at Pilot. For 
>> me
>> I enjoyed the walk and I always passed my walk on the first try. Brings 
>> back
>> memories. Take care.
>>
>> Lori and theGipper
>>
>>
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