Traveling

Travel is my last class of the day and my favorite class. I think I like it so much because I get outside. The instructor Mark is calm--I don't think he'd raise his voice even if a semi was barreling down the street towards us. Lately I've been crossing streets and discovering new bus stops. Crossing streets is not the easiest thing because sometimes I don't go straight across. Sometimes I take a 45 degree angle while crossing the street. There is one street corner, 4th and Grand, which I do very well most of the time. Why? Because the crosswalk is at a 45 degree angle! I've discovered a few new bus stops that I will take during my travel class to different destinations. Tomorrow I'm taking the bus to La Hacienda, a favorite Mexican restaurant, on 31st and Ingersoll. Later on this week I plan on taking a group of students there for dinner.

Finally I want to talk to you about an alley from hell. Whenever I cross the alley next to the school building I either end up walking down the alley or in the middle of the street. Today I was so mixed up and in the alley for so long that I ran into the dumpster on three different occasions. We practiced crossing the alley about a dozen times, and the very last time I ended up in the middle of the street. The problem with the alley is it slopes down into the street and I follow that. I'll just have to keep practicing going across that alley. More later.