Go ahead...LOL

Okay, so I'm going to tell this story at my own expense.  Just because, well...it's just so darn funny!!

So, anyway, yesterday after MOPS I was leaving the church to head to the post office.  I had turned out of the parking lot to go the back way, and Sharon called and asked if I wanted to meet her at Geno's for lunch.  So, I quickly decided to head that direction.

Granted, I have lived in Greenwood for 15 years now, but sometimes I still get a little turned around:)  I got a little confused trying to figure out how to get back out to Center street. I thought I was just going to go down one block and then turn back left and be back on my way.  Well, I came up to a very short "gravel road" that seemd to lead back onto Denver.  I could see the creek rushing by (it was pouring rain yesterday) and thought, yep, this going to take me right out by LaFiesta.  So, I drive down the little gravel road and end up on another road.

I immediatly thought, wow, this is a really nice new road.  Then I noticed it seemed to be a bit narrow, and I started to get a little nervous.  Then I looked out the window and saw a picnic table and trash can, and it dawned on me...I'M DRIVING ON THE WALKING TRAIL!!!!!!  OMG!!! 

Seriously, I'm driving my big honking Suburban down the WALKING TRAIL!!!  So, I decide I've got to turn around immediately.  But, the path is really narrow, and the ground is REALLY wet, so wet I'm afraid that if I get off the trail I'm going to sink down in mud and get stuck.  (I can imagine that call to 911,  "Um, I was driving down the walking trail, and I seem to have gotten stuck").  Serously!!

So, I decide all I can do is just keep driving and come out on the other end (where ever that may be).  So, I make it almost all the way to LaFiesta (on the walking trail) and get to the end of the path....and there are these yellow posts blocking the exit!!!!!  WHAT!!!!!!

Now I really start to panic.  I'm afraid that by now a cop or some other good citizen has seen me on the path and has called me in.  I finally decide I've just got to figure out how to turn around.  So, after a whole lot of maneuvering (A LOT) I finally got turned around.  Then, I take another scenic cruise down the walking path back to where I started.

Can you even believe it??? It's really SO embarressing, but it makes for such a good laugh I decided I've just got to share it.  Maybe someday my kids will get a big kick out of their geographically challenged momma!!

Just for fun I drove back over to the fateful spot where I made the mistake about the "gravel road" yesterday.  I took a pic to try to make this whole thing more understandable:)  LOL!!!