Have you ever had someone stop traffic on an Interstate Highway trying to exit? Last Tuesday as my wife and I were making out way through Washington, DC on
I-395 a car in the right lane starting moving into the center lane even though there was a car already occupying that space in the center lane. Fortunately
the driver of the car in the center lane saw what was going on and quickly moved into the momentarily clear left lane. Unfortunately for us the car that was
in the right lane was now directly in front of our car and stopped in the center lane at a 45° angle to both the lane and traffic flow. My wife laid on the
horn for a good 15 seconds while the car in front of us waited for the left lane to clear so they could take a left exit. It is a wonder nobody plowed into
the back of us and that no accident resulted. This was just after I took the following picture of the Jefferson Memorial and Washington Monument.
The Baltimore Harbor Tunnel eliminates waiting at 51 traffic signals for 26 million vehicles annually by allowing those vehicles to ride 50 to 100 feet below
the water's surface for 1.45 miles. It's a God sent and it only cost $2 for 2-axle vehicles. Here's entering the tunnel from northbound I-865.
We came upon an horrific accident on I-95 a few miles south of the Delaware Memorial Bridge. I do not know how but a car had been either scraped clean or
leveled down to the height of the axles. With so many fire trucks, ambulances, police cars and rubber-neckers it took a while to get by. By that time we were
crossing close to the mouth of the Delaware River on 2 mile long twin spans that leave 175 foot of clearance for the ocean-going ships below. I remember when
there was only one span. Back in the 1950's the first span was built and only one span was built on purpose. It was believed back then that in the future
everyone would be flying and only one 4-lane bridge would be needed to accommodate ground vehicles. By the 1970's the grand assumption was found to be in
error and an identical four lane bridge was built beside the earlier constructed span (and much to my relief as that was my travel route from my home in South
Jersey to engineering school at VA Tech).
On the way back home to SC, stuffed with turkey and other delicious morsels, my wife and I decided on the longer (only 24 miles longer), more scenic mountain
route through western Virginia on I-81. There the clouds seemed to be pointing the way to get up on those 2 lane mountain roads on my preferred mode of
traffic, my motorcycle. My wife, saw a different story, a big footprint. What do you think the clouds are saying?
