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All went well until turning west off Durham Road 30 onto Mantle Ave- nue. It was here I honest- ly wondered if our Chevy had suddenly sprouted wings and landed in a section of Bathurst Street and Steeles Avenue. "Are you sure we’re still in Stouffville?" I asked half jokingly, “it seems only yesterday this site was a farm.” There were houses everywhere â€" in front of us, beside us and behind us. “It was,” my wife Iim Tho'mas i admitted reluctantly, “but swufiwje m"; m keep on going and maybe writtenfnr area newspu we'll hit a road we know." for mom than 50mm To my surprise, I learned we weren't head- ed north towards Kitch- ener but south towards Woodstock. Oh the embarrassment. “Let’s visit the areas we seldom see,” lean said, “the new neighbour- hoods where the build- up’s taking place." Iagreed. We started out at the intersection of Hwy. 48 and Millard Street and headed east. Proof in point, after departing the Walters FamilyTheatre near Bright and travefling great disâ€" tances on dusty country roads, I sought assistance from an Amish farmer in the middle of ‘Nowhere’. Worse than this, just last week, my wife ‘and I decided to take a lei- surely tour around Stouffville, forgetting for the moment, our little vil- lage has, in recent years, taken on all the charac- teristics of a larger town. Admittedly, an up- toâ€"date road map would prove beneficial. A com- pass might be better. Regardless, the end result would undoubtedly be the same - lost some- where in ‘Nowhere’. While the male of the species, of which I am one, has a reputation for not asking for directions, I recently learned a change in attitude could be a solu- tion to my problem. The situation worsens when I negotiate direc- tions via the sun. The man-in-the-moon isn't much help either. LJ Wherever I go, be it Tom??- to, Ont., or Pittsburgh, Penn., 1 always end up in a non-descript hamlet called ‘Nowhere’. Get lost, Thomas! Not a problem It’s the story of my life. 0st! Take a map. Iim Thomas is a Swufiilille mident who has writtenfiJrama newspapers Assuming all the bra- vado of a tourist chief, I expounded on the fact all should be clear sailing from here to home. Wrong! At the intersection of Hoover Park Drive and James Ratcliff Road, I turned left, thinking anyone with a name so prominent as Ratcliff would warrant a street paved with gold. Wrong again! While the homes are large and the lawns are immaculate, James Ratclifi Road is only a cul-de-sac leading to, you guessed it, ‘Nowhere’. We did a com- plete circle and ended back on “Hoover Park and then the Tenth Line, exactly where we’d been 10 minutes previous. But I’m wondering. How many native resi- dents really know the community in which they live? For those of you who, like me, travel no further than Tim Hortons, you probably don’t know your town at all, at least your town as it is today. Don't believe it? Then jump in the family chari- ot some Sunday evening, drive north of Elm Road and south of Hoover Park and see for yourself. But a word to the wise. We have a map now, a convenient guide pro- vided by the chamber of commerce that includes not only Stouffville but rural Whitchurch, too. “Isn’t this great," Jean said in disgust. “We’re lost in our own home town.” “Things change," I replied. “Should have brought a map." And we did, three roundabouts later at the Tenth Line. That’s when the fun, (or frustration) began. Roaming Around with [im Thomas WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ OUTSIDE? DINNER CAULIFLOWER We’ve got some good-sized lpcal on salcthisweck. 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