We're just one day away from the permanent closure of the Alaska Way Viaduct. As if that isn't stressful enough, the local media channels all have those live tickers counting down the seconds, minutes and hours.
We drove on the Viaduct for the last time Sunday when we went downtown to the Art Museum. I'll miss the wonderful view of Elliot Bay and the Olympics.
As for traffic, yesterday might be a taste of what's to come. It was absolute gridlock on my way to the local gym at 8 am. The cause of the massive backup? Just a truck stalled on the Viaduct. And I wasn't even trying to get out of West Seattle. There are still many unknowns for us-- the tunnel will whisk cars under and through Seattle, but no one knows yet how we will actually get into downtown using surface streets. Stay tuned.
It is so warm! 48 degrees overnight, which is our average high temperature this time of year. It will get up to 56 today, and we are headed into an amazing stretch of weather. Almost gardening weather. And finally some decent riding weather again. I haven't been to Vashon Island to see poor old apple-deprived Moe since before Christmas. We're planning to go to the barn tomorrow, in the opposite direction of downtown.
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