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Old 06-20-2011, 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by JenAjd View Post
Yup they do....you can get them at the Sales Office for $5.00 and probably the Merchantiles. Not sure why you wouldn't know about the maps as we had one even before we'd purchased our home here. (don't take this in a bad way). BUT glad you're on the trail to obtain one.

I concur that the trails can be confusing for a newbie...HOWEVER one can always stop and ask others for information which I did several times when first out on the cart. As for going the wrong way...on a road...don't get that!!! I've seen it on Colony Drive before (a car). I sort of "get" why you might see a car on a golf-cart trail if it's someone who lives here and most of the time drives the cart. They "mindlessly" turn onto these. BUT if it's a clueless person...there's always that white stake in the middle and have to wonder if they didn't think what that was there for. I still wonder about the street legal carts and why anyone would want one. They're out there with all sizes of cars, trucks etc. and pretty much have to have their lives in their own hands. Never mind that they can get to their destination a bit quicker than if they were on the trail. People just NEED to use common sense and think when they're out and about.

For information...in today's Sun there's an article re: cart safety and grandkids driving the golf-cart at Granpa's!!!
The $5 map is a detailed, fold out map with all street names. The free golf cart trail map is on 8 1/2 x 11 paper (one page) and has golf cart trails and tunnels marked in red -- only major streets, SS, LSL and the country clubs/golf courses are shown on this map. I will have both the $5 map and the golf cart trail map in the golf cart. And I'm not too shy or embarrassed to ask for directions, so if you are on the golf cart trails from July 7-14, I may stop you for directions!