I drove around in the District of Columbia, just me and my trusty ole' GPS.
Not impressed? You should be. Let me describe a a typical DC driving scenario.
First of all, your street, even though it's in the "suburbs" has a traffic light on nearly every corner. Just leaving your street takes 4-5 minutes and several red lights. As you pull onto the main street closest to your house, you notice that although there are 4 lanes (2 each way), the road is exceedingly narrow. You pull into the right lane and drive along at 25 mph, which really means around 40. Things are going well until you notice that you're barreling down on a parked car in your lane. You quickly merge left rather than hit the car or slam on the brakes and cause an accident, getting honked at for almost cutting off the guy behind you.
Your heart beating a little faster, you suddenly see that the next traffic light is red, but the intersection is doing something weird with 2 roads intersecting over yours, and you stop uncertainly in between the 2 roads with a prayer in your heart that you won't get smashed. Then there's a patch of construction where all the lines shift; the GPS says to keep left, but the road you need suddenly turns; some roads are one-way, some aren't; some should be and as a car tries to pass you, it nearly scrapes the paint off your car.
When you finally arrive at your destination, your knees are weak, but your car is still in tact and so are you. Your journey has been a success.
6 comments:
Yikes! I'm glad you survived such a wild ride.
Welcome to the Big City! :)
Lovely!
Did I ever tell you about the time I was driving around DC for an hour because I was sure that my hotel was down one street, when really it was down another. But don't worry because after driving around for that hour, I still had three to kill before picking up my mom. And that somehow, I able to make it to my grandpa's grave and a museum and back up to the capital to pick up my mom, but not find the dumb hotel. Awesome, DC is crazy! Come back Come back!
Also, I had another Battle Star dream.
Ha ha! I experienced some of the same craziness when I visited Brian's sister in DC. Only I wasn't driving, thankfully she was and we managed to survive! (But we missed the carpool lanes on the freeway every time!)
my knees are weak just reading about this.
So brave! I actually never drove in DC because I was a chicken. Way to go, you.
Do you guys live in DC itself or Virginia? Either way, have a ball!
Oh! You guys should try "Two Amy's" by the national Cathedral. Probably one of our favorite places with Naples certified pizza. Amazing. Amsterdam Felafel is also amazing and cheaper too so Trav won't feel like he's wasting his money :)
Lucky you have GPS.
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