Made it back from Paradise
By The Horse
@TheHorse (205248)
Walnut Creek, California
July 15, 2018 7:58pm CST
I left my friend's place, up in Paradise, at about 10:30 AM this morning. Yesterday's gig went great, we jammed into the evening, and I figured I'd have time to make it home and take a shower before the old folks gig today (different band mates) in Walnut Creek, near my house.
I cruised at 78 mph from Paradise to Sacramento CA, and then hit...traffic...from...Hell. I was stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic for the last two hours of my drive, and barely made the gig, tired, un-showered, and hungry.
But now, I will rise. I'm sipping wine, catching upon MyLot, and intend to hit the pool before the sun goes down. I got to visit with my favorite dogs, cats chickens and horse, and feel refreshed.
Are there places where traffic is terrible near where you live? Oh, the photo is the view from where I stopped to take a smoke break as traffic was getting bad.
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@RasmaSandra (73196)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Jul 18
This is an amazing place. The main drag in Daytona Beach is always full of cars going up and going down. Where they are all going beats me because there are also many people on foot heading here and there. Once you get off the main drag you might as well be in a ghost town and you can walk from blocks and not meet a soul.
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@RasmaSandra (73196)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Jul 18
@TheHorse all kinds of cars in all shapes and sizes and all kinds of people a honking and a beeping and no one getting anywhere fast.
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@FourWalls (61947)
• United States
16 Jul 18
We have Chicago and Atlanta on this side of the Mississippi.
I think every place has its "moments" with traffic (usually rush hour or construction), but there are those cities that have perpetual traffic jams (e.g., Los Angeles, Atlanta). I never made it to northern California on my trips there, but L.A. was, as Johnny Carson once said, a traffic jam moving at 60 MPH. 
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Jul 18
Yes! I drive I-20, at times its bumper to bumper or at a stand still for hours because of a wreck.
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@GardenGerty (157485)
• United States
16 Jul 18
We do not have enough cars in the entire state, either Oklahoma or Kansas to compare with the traffic in your area. It gets a little sticky now and again when they are doing road construction, but I do not remember the last time I was in any kind of traffic jam that lasted more than a half hour.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
16 Jul 18
Thankfully the traffic jams here are manageable. It's unlike the capital city where I could get stuck for hours and hours, much worse when I was in Bangkok.
@JamesHxstatic (29234)
• Eugene, Oregon
16 Jul 18
The only time traffic is a problem here is during a minor rush hour from 3 to 5 PM.
@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
16 Jul 18
Ohh yes, traffic is one of the main problems here in our country.
