Weekend Results!!

My sister, whose birthday it was, was completely surprised that I was in Asheville this weekend. My other sister helped to coordinate all the festivities, and though some minor things changed, it was a great weekend. We had dinners, lunches, and breakfasts as a family and it was great. She was so thrilled that we all came down to celebrate her and her 50 years. What fun!!

Charlotte Traffic Accidents

Yesterday, on our way from Asheville, NC, to the airport in Charlotte, we came upon a traffic jam. It seemed odd, but then we though, "Oh, it's Mother's Day.". Well, in less than 1/2 mile down the road and after 5 police cars, an EMT van and a fire truck passed us, it was clearly an accident holding us up. Actually, when we counted them, there were about 7 accidents within the span of 2 miles down the road. Good visibility, no rain, roads were fine... There was a really bad accident (with stretchers, an ambulance, and a different fire truck) at the forefront of all the activity, then all the other accidents were from rubber neckers, idiots, and absent-minded drivers switching lanes at the last minute without a blinker. One kind of accident I always find interesting in stop-and-go traffic is rear-end collissions. Yea, we saw three different ones along the highway, and one of them was 7 cars long. Seven. Unreal.

Bad Weather

It followed me. The NC rain followed me home. Typically, sunny days whenever I travel follow me home and people always say, "You bring sunshine wherever you go!!". Well, not today, my friends, not today. The water at Lincoln Harbor along the river is amazingly choppy and full of white caps. Not a fun day for ferry commuters. Me? I'm on the bus watching the scenery pass by. Thing is, at the marina at Lincoln Harbor, across from the UBS building, the water among the boats is extremely calm. I suppose all the other boats are bearing the brunt of the waves the further out into the river they are.