I live just outside of Cincinnati and it has a sort of country charm about it. The village is called Mariemont. Mary Ellen Earls ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Kozlik" <lisak70@xxxxxxxxx> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 5:12 PM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Maps: > Mary Ellen, > > That sounds like a really nice community. If you don't mind my asking, where > do you live? > > The apartment complex where I live has a subdivision behind it. There is > also a major intersection about a mile away. In the opposite direction, > there's a beautiful parkway that has very little traffic. I love living here > because I have city convenience and quiet country charm all within the same > neighborhood. > > Lisa > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Ellen Earls" <meearls@xxxxxxx> > To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 9:59 PM > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Maps: > > > Lisa what a marvelous O and M. instructor! > I need to get an O and M. instructor out here because there is a street we > walk down which is horse shoe in shape and I know how to walk one way with > the traffic coming toward me on the right and there is a curb on my left but > if I ever wanted to go the other way on that street I can't figure out how > to do it. > Our village is so fabulous. It was one of the nation's first planned towns > and is patterned after a village in England with all architecture being > tudor style. > Anyway like so many of the small English villages, the lanes wind in and out > of eachother and you may start on one lane and think you are walking > straight and find yourself on another lane. > This is why I have both the Trekker and the Bn Gps so I can take the trekker > and virtually walk these streets as if we were actually on them. > It is nice because because of the makeup of these streets the only traffic > for the most part is the folks who live on the streets so it is not at all > odd to see grownups, kids and dogs walking down the middle of the streets > with no car within a country mile.And we have walked through many a soccer > and kick ball game and have watched many a game of Kick the Kan. > I have even come across one little dog who loves to sleep right at the curb > and Peggy and I have spoiled quite a few of his siestas. > Speaking of ye ol pooch, park time! > Mary Ellen Earls > > >