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Old 10-03-2012, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by zcaveman View Post
Did any of you think that this might be one of his first days here and he has not had time to go out and buy a map?

At the Springdale resident-only gate there is a sign in front of the gate that says if you are not a resident use the Briar Meadow South gate - without an arrow pointing you north to the gate.

And I just looked at the map and the entry gates at the circles are not labeled anyway.

My instructions always say go around xxx half circles (go straight) and then go xxx quarters around the next circle and go into the gate that says Springdale on the wall.

It can get confusing.




Z
Four years ago, up on arriving at TV, with my trusty GPS directing me to go through the gate to Springdale via Mulberry.....This on a Sunday afternoon....After waiting at the gate.....Not a clue what to do and no one behind me, I think I saw a note Visitors go to Buena Vista Circle. Now where in !@@#$# is BV circle. Finally I backed out and waited for a car & piggybacked in.

I still do not see any improvement in the procedure. I don't have an answer to the problem of approaching gate at off hours, but IMHO the problem is this is a community with gates, but not a gated community.