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Car Thoughts
Dec. 29th, 2007 06:28 pmHope everyone had a lovely holiday; I enjoyed (and am still enjoying) several days off, played some key-tar on the Wii, and generally had a relaxing time.
Drove back home from my parents' this afternoon in time to make it to the auto shop so they could slap a new inspection sticker on my windshield [Finally. Danged blinker's been like that for 5 years, and it's suddenly a problem??? Argh. Fixed now, for good, $5.00 vs $75.00 repair, no more problems.], and saw the most amazing things on the Interstate.
First off, the Wonderful. The interstate/highways in New Hampshire have some of the most beautiful granite cliffs along the roads. This time of year, as the snow melts, it seeps through the rock, and comes out of whatever crack it can find, forming huge fountains of ice. Never seen anything to compare anywhere else. When the ice gets thick enough, either by virtue of minerals in the rock being transferred to it, or reflection of the sky, it turns a beautiful shade of, well, Ice Blue. I wish I had a photograph of it, but I always seem to be driving when it happens... and I'm not really one to pull over on a major highway unless I have to...
( More Vehicular Contemplations. )
A final rant. Tolls... One of these days I am going to have to pick up a transpass/ezpass/whatever-the-heck-pass we're using, or I'm never going to have any money again. It costs me $7.60 in tolls if I want to take the interstate home and back. Holy Carp. I think the gas/time spent if I took back roads would be more costly, so it's still economical, but for heavens sake...
Home again, a few more relaxing days now, then New Years Party, then back to work... See everyone again in 2008!
Drove back home from my parents' this afternoon in time to make it to the auto shop so they could slap a new inspection sticker on my windshield [Finally. Danged blinker's been like that for 5 years, and it's suddenly a problem??? Argh. Fixed now, for good, $5.00 vs $75.00 repair, no more problems.], and saw the most amazing things on the Interstate.
First off, the Wonderful. The interstate/highways in New Hampshire have some of the most beautiful granite cliffs along the roads. This time of year, as the snow melts, it seeps through the rock, and comes out of whatever crack it can find, forming huge fountains of ice. Never seen anything to compare anywhere else. When the ice gets thick enough, either by virtue of minerals in the rock being transferred to it, or reflection of the sky, it turns a beautiful shade of, well, Ice Blue. I wish I had a photograph of it, but I always seem to be driving when it happens... and I'm not really one to pull over on a major highway unless I have to...
( More Vehicular Contemplations. )
A final rant. Tolls... One of these days I am going to have to pick up a transpass/ezpass/whatever-the-heck-pass we're using, or I'm never going to have any money again. It costs me $7.60 in tolls if I want to take the interstate home and back. Holy Carp. I think the gas/time spent if I took back roads would be more costly, so it's still economical, but for heavens sake...
Home again, a few more relaxing days now, then New Years Party, then back to work... See everyone again in 2008!
