Take a Look Around

From the moment I woke up, I had a feeling that this morning's drive would be something else. I got up to the tune of the downloaded Family Guy episode I fell asleep to last night, got dressed, and headed otu the door. I get to the car, get out an oatmeal cookie, and toss it to the dogs that live next door (they bark whenever they see me now). I head out towards the Crescent City Connection bridge that allows access to and from the Westbank of New Orleans and I see traffic BACKED UP on the CCC. I get into the toll tag line, which was longer than the toll line, and wait.

Once I passed that, I was greeted with the crux of the traffic. Seeing as my exit was one of the first after I get across the water, I stayed in the far right lane, which had the least traffic. We inch across the bridge and I see sheets of smoke coming from the right with a cop car's lights farther down the freeway. I see a truck that was turned perpendicular to traffic back up and drive the right way. I get closer (I had to, because he pulled over on the shoulder to the right) and see it's a black man's Lexus that had caught fire. As I passed by, I could smell the charred fiberglass and burning oil.

Once I passed that, I saw the cop car with the lights IN THE WAY OF MY EXIT. At first, I thought he was blocking the exit off for some reason. Then, I heard that annoying honking noise and he was going backwards. Turns out he was a speed trap cop who had pulled 2 people over, but had to backtrack to deal with the fire I just drove past. I get around him and get to my parking area and the rest is fine.

What a way to start the day!

-B