Central Washington's Palouse is where I have been working building Passing Lanes on state route 195.
Monday I was entertained with these gorgeous views all day.
Along with the scenery, four different highway construction sites over a 12 mile stretch impact all traffic. Dealing with delayed and frustrated drivers can make the day long and hectic.
That evening, 14 hours and 450 miles since 5:00 AM, when I left my house, I was 3 miles from home when I was stopped by...
ROAD CONSTRUCTION!
I had known the stop was coming and expected to be held up about 5 minutes. 10 minutes later, irritated, I shut off my pickup and resigned myself to wait patiently. What choice did I have?
My drive home is along the Spokane river and as I looked to the left I was once again awed by mother nature. Instead of office buildings, 4 lanes of traffic, or row houses, this is the place I found myself waiting.
Not a bad way at all for a day to end!
Two days later, working on the same passing lanes, we were shut down early. The kind of excitement we don't want to have!
Multiple vehicle collision involving a semi-truck on Highway 195
Approaching the north end of the construction zones a Semi(not related to our work) failed to stop and rear ended a car pushing it forward into more cars. There were serious injuries but fortunately no fatalities.
In my line of work I am always thankful for a boring day(beautiful scenery is enough). Today was not one of those.
My dash cam caught just a glimpse of the accident site as I was delivering what would be my last load of the day.
There isn't much to see in the dash cam footage, but I'm grateful for that.
Tomorrow I'll be on the road again. Hopefully it's an interesting and beautiful day without major excitement! Till then...
