Vorlon Whispers

Thursday, December 17, 2009

I went to exercise class this morning but no one showed up. I called my sister-in-law and we decided to take the greens to the cemetary today. I changed my clothes and put Danny in the car and we took off for PA. When I got to my brother's house no one was home. I figured they ran out to the store. I was about to wait in the car but remembered I had a key so I let myself in. They came back in about five minutes. We drove up to the cemetary and placed the greens on the graves. I brought a chisle and a hammer with me and it's a good thing because the ground was frozed on top.

When driving up to PA, just as I crossed the border from DE to PA on I 95, I saw a flashing sign that said "All Lanes Closed". I wondered where that was. I passed the sign before I could see any more. I put on the traffice station for Philly and found that the Blue Route had an overturned truck and all lanes were closed. As I drove past Chester, I got into the left lane because I figured traffice would be backed up on the right as people tried to get out of the exit to the Blue Route. I was correct. I saw a tractor trailer backing out of the ramp onto 95. The left land went slow but it moved. I usually take the Blue Route and get off at the first exit, Mac Dade Blvd. You couldn't even get to Mac Dade.

For those who don't know what the Blue Route is, it took 30 years to build the Blue Route. The plans had four possible routes drawn through Delaware County. One was drawn in red, one green, one orange and one blue. They chose the Blue Route and the name stuck. It is otherwise known as I 476. It goes from one end of Delaware County up to the PA turnpike near Valley Forge and above to the Northeast Extention.

The easiest way to get to the cemetary where Ted and my parents are buried, it to take the Blue Route. We went the old way and it was jammed from people avoiding the Blue Route. We could see the Blue Route from various places along the way and car were still trying to get on it. I don't know why they didn't close the ramps. It looked like a big parking lot in both directions for about five miles.

When we got back, we had some lunch and I headed back home to Chesapeake City. I wanted to avoid rush hour traffic. I heard there was another accident on the Blue Route north of MacDade. I was heading south of MacDade so I chanced it. It was fine. It took me about 45 minutes to get here. I tried to walk Danny when we got back but he only went out to the driveway, did his business and ran back into the house. I don't know if he was tired from riding all around or maybe he heard a gunshot that I didn't hear. I had my ear muffs on. It was cold today and a big storm is brewing for Saturday. I hope it holds off as it is my grand niece's second birthday. I am only twenty minutes away but both sets of her grandparents have to travel down I 95 which is where the brunt of the storm is expected to be. We shall see.

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PS: For some reason, when I bring up my blog on the laptop, the spell checker is missing. Please excuse any errors.

Posted by tedkarol at December 17, 2009 8:09 PM