I love trains!
Mar. 3rd, 2007 01:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vanillafluffyTonight, I stopped for gas on the way home (it's gone up 20 cents a gallon since the last time I filled up---a week ago!), and as I finished and was squeegying my windshield, the train came through the crossing across the street.
Forthwith, I got into my trusty Honda and hit the highway, because paralleling the northbound train gets you green on all the left-hand traffic lights (which is most of them until you get to north Rockledge). I made good time, but was stymied when the light at Viera Blvd went red as I approached, until I glanced left and realized I'd outrun the train. I laughed for the next couple of miles and paced it carefully until I started getting caught by those right-hand triggered lights north of Eyester.
My timing was absolutely flawless, though, because I made the left onto King Street with the green and approached the tracks just in time to see the last car clatter past and the gates go up.
Such are the small victories of my daily commute!
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Tomorrow's post will have all the shiny details of the gem show---I'm quivering with eagerness, since it's been a very long time since I've had cash to properly pillage an event like this. Then lunch with AI, and GK is in town Sunday and Monday, so I have her delightful company to look forward to, although we haven't formalized plans yet. Probably a thrift store or three or four....
Forthwith, I got into my trusty Honda and hit the highway, because paralleling the northbound train gets you green on all the left-hand traffic lights (which is most of them until you get to north Rockledge). I made good time, but was stymied when the light at Viera Blvd went red as I approached, until I glanced left and realized I'd outrun the train. I laughed for the next couple of miles and paced it carefully until I started getting caught by those right-hand triggered lights north of Eyester.
My timing was absolutely flawless, though, because I made the left onto King Street with the green and approached the tracks just in time to see the last car clatter past and the gates go up.
Such are the small victories of my daily commute!
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Tomorrow's post will have all the shiny details of the gem show---I'm quivering with eagerness, since it's been a very long time since I've had cash to properly pillage an event like this. Then lunch with AI, and GK is in town Sunday and Monday, so I have her delightful company to look forward to, although we haven't formalized plans yet. Probably a thrift store or three or four....