SOFT DIRECTIONS Directions: Take 95S to 495 Silver Spring. Once you're on 495, you will be looking for the Silver Spring exit. At the exit stay in the left hand lane (Georgia Avenue South/Silver Spring). Turn left onto Georgia Avenue and move over into the right hand lane as soon as you can. You'll pass a Staples on your right, cross Seminary Road and soon after Georgia Avenue will split to the right and curve into 16th Street (as long as you stay in the right hand lane you can't miss it). You stay on 16th for quite a while -- you'll cross into the District, eventually cross Military Road, pass the Carter-Baron sports complex on your right and finally you'll cross a bridge with two golden lions (I think they're lions). Once you cross the bridge you're in Mt. Pleasant (which looks more urban than the previous parts of 16th). Try to stay in the right hand lane if you can. You'll pass streets like Park, Newton, Monroe, Kenyon and Irving. You'll also pass a school -- Lincoln Junior High -- on your left. The next light will be Harvard Street. Turn right here. After turning, you'll immediately cross Mt. Pleasant Road. In front of you, you'll see a DO NOT ENTER sign. This is Argonne Place and the HUGE apartment building that takes up the entire block is where I live. You can park on Harvard or anywhere around the block.

Here are directions for the same origin and destination as generated by a computer.

Directions 1:Turn RIGHT onto PONCA ST. 2:Turn LEFT onto I-AVE. 3:Take the I-95 SOUTH ramp towards WASHINGTON. 4:Merge onto I-95 S. 5:Take the I-495 WEST exit, exit number 27-25, towards US-1/COLLEGE PARK/SILVER SPRING. 6:Keep RIGHT at the fork in the ramp. 7:Merge onto CAPITAL BELTWAY. 8:Take the US-29 SOUTH/COLESVILLE RD exit, exit number 30B, towards SILVER SPRING. 9:Merge onto COLESVILLE RD. 10:Turn SLIGHT RIGHT at the intersection of US-29 N to stay on COLESVILLE RD. 11:Turn LEFT onto 16TH ST NW. 12:Turn RIGHT onto COLUMBIA RD NW. 13:Turn RIGHT onto QUARRY RD NW. 14:Turn RIGHT onto LANIER PL NW. 15:Stay straight to go onto ARGONNE PL NW.

Distance 0.2 miles (0.4 km) 0.1 miles (0.1 km) 0.2 miles (0.4 km) 29.5 miles (47.5 km) 0.4 miles (0.6 km) 0.6 miles (1.0 km) 3.2 miles (5.2 km) 0.2 miles (0.3 km) 0.4 miles (0.6 km) 1.7 miles (2.7 km) 4.5 miles (7.3 km) 0.1 miles (0.2 km) 0.1 miles (0.1 km) 0.0 miles (0.0 km) 0.1 miles (0.2 km) Total Distance: 42.3 miles (68.0 km) Estimated Time: 1 hour, 16 minutes

These are some slightly cleaned-up directions courtesy of Mapblast.com. The phone number at the house is XXX-XXX-XXXX in case their are any problems. The mileage listed is _very_ approximate, b/c I cut out all kinds of useless turns and detours from the pre-fab directions. there is also a general map attached to this email, in case you wanted something like that. **** The estimated travel time is 42 minutes for 38.78 miles of travel I-395 - go South for 0.7 miles Stay to right as you approach the DC area, follow signs for "Exit 27-25 I-495 West to College Park/Silver Spring and US-1" (this is the Beltway) Continue on ramp at sign reading "Exit 27 I-495 West to Silver Spring" and go Southwest for 0.6 miles Continue on I-495,I-495 Outerloop,Capital Beltway and go West for 6.5 miles Bear right on ramp at sign reading "Exit 33 MD-185 Connecticut Ave to Kensington/Chevy Chase," continue on ramp at sign reading "Chevy Chase" and go Southwest for about 200 feet Turn left on Connecticut Ave and go South for 1.3 miles Turn right on East-West Hwy and go West for 1.0 miles Turn left on Wisconsin Ave and go South for 0.8 miles Turn right on Chevy Chase Blvd (wide-ish side street with median running up center) and go...