Columbus is a nice city and I think once you know your route, probably not difficult to get around in but driving is confusing when you aren't used to it. The most extensive problem is sudden turn only lanes. Our GPS is not much help with this. Your route suddenly shrinks a lane and you are forced to turn right or in some cases left. That, or cut across traffic sometimes dangerously in order to stay in the straight ahead lane.
Re-reading the above it sounds as confusing as trying to get from one place to another. I think, that with practice and knowledge, it would not be that hard to get around in Columbus but unless they come up with better clearer markings on their turn lanes ... well, let's put it this way, we got to see parts of Columbus we never intended to!
We had gotten lost again trying to get to the restaurant and then from there back to Wolf. Our goal for what would be either a late lunch or an early dinner was Peluso's Italian Restaurant.
This place seems to be pretty much a standard strip mall restaurant but the portions were huge! Pictured here is the pasta platter that I chose and Geoff's lasagna platter was about the same. We each took home enough for another meal ... or more. The mushrooms were obviously canned and I think the peppers were something similar in the way of pre-prepared. But, about right for the price and place.
We were very glad to take the next day off and just sleep later, lay round doing little, maybe tidy up a bit, catch up on email, that sort of thing, including not trying to go anywhere except a quick trip to the local WalMart.
This is a short blog I guess but I didn't want to take away from the experience at the Naval Museum or cut into the day at Andersonville but really felt I needed to tell some about the confusing traffic! Of course Geoff just sat there patiently as generally speaking when it is the car, it is me driving and getting lost and confused. He simply has faith I will eventually get where we are going and probably not even crash us while I am at it!
One of the Colorado routes that we used for a few years to visit Dad had those annoying "right turn only" lanes that would pop up at some of the intersections. We both hated the last-minute scramble to try to get into the other lane. Over the years I guess some engineer or another figured that those weren't such a great idea and they started doing away with them and adding an additional turn lane. It made driving much more pleasant. Happy trails to you... and stay safe!
ReplyDeleteMaybe there were a few too many wrecks from people trying to suddenly get out of the unexpected turn lane!
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