Watch out! Ludi’s on the road

Ludi holds a “permit driver” sign after passing her tests.

It’s been a long time coming, but Ludi finally took the written driving test and earned a learners’ permit.

She earned the permit shortly before we left to visit Bolivia, so she didn’t really get to start driving until August and September. We started on the vast parking lots of the mostly-empty Hazelwood Mills mall, and eventually graduated to roads in and around Ferguson. Throughout the fall she would drive with me two or three times a week to her morning classes at St. Louis Community College.

By November, she had managed to drive all the way from our house to the zoo by back roads. And just before Christmas, she drove on an interstate for the first time.

One Reply to “Watch out! Ludi’s on the road”

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Notify me of follow-up comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting.