Traffic

The traffic back-ups here are horrendous.  They often happen for no other reason than someone slowed down.  I was taking Hannah to meet her Girl Scout troop when we got stuck in two separate traffic back-ups.  We should have arrived at our destination in 25 minutes maximum.  Two hours later, we made it. 

PK decided to make a long commute to work in order for the kids to attend better schools where we live.  He has to cross a bridge and go through a tunnel to make it to work and back.  It can take him forty-five minutes to get to work or he can get stuck in traffic and take two hours or more.

Aaron was riding home from work with PK, when they got stuck on a bridge.  PK has an app on his phone that he always checks so he can choose the least congested route home.  On this particular day, he made it to the bridge right after the accident had occurred and the map on the app had not been updated.  He texted to let me know they would be late arriving home.

Then I received this picture of their sad faces with the all the cars in the background.

Here is another shot of the traffic and other passengers getting out to stretch their legs.

But they at least had a gorgeous view while they waited.

We are now conditioned to check a traffic report before heading out just as we would a weather report.  And like a weather report, the traffic report isn't always accurate.