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Before I offer this month’s stories from members about the special AAA roadside service they’ve received, allow me fi rst to report that a fre- quent contributor to EnCompass just won a major international award. In October Eric Lindberg of Denver
was named 2011 Travel Photographer of the Year by the American Society of Travel Writers (
www.satw.org). This edition features some of the
photos Eric submitted to the SATW awards contest. We asked him to explain the approach he used for each image, and what we all can learn from him. See “Capturing the magic,” page 30. Now, back to AAA stories.
Renate of Lakewood wrote: Parked in front of my house in Denver I locked the key, my fro- zen food and groceries in the car. Ashamed and angry at myself, I called AAA. The technician unlocked the car without so much as a word to increase my embar- rassment. I thanked him, and as I watched the truck turn the corner, I did the very same thing again. It was hard to make that second
call, but the telephone operator gave no indication that it was strange for a sober adult to do this two times within an hour.
Jan of Florissant wrote: Heritage Day 2007 was my fi rst assignment as tour guide at the local cemetery. Before the tour started, I locked the car with my cell phone, AAA card and keys inside. A mount- ed patrol offi cer could not get cell phone reception, and went back to town for help. The patrol offi cer didn’t have my
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AAA card, but the AAA dispatcher took the call and contacted a service provider in the next closest town, Divide, 20 miles away. They had never heard of the cemetery and didn’t know where it was located, but found it on a county road. Thank you very much AAA!
What’s your AAA story? Let me know!
thess@colorado.aaa.com.
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