Potholes

Thanks to lsj.com for the photo

I wish I could show you what some of the roads look like here. It's supposed to be the worst pothole season on record! It is amazing. There are times when I'm afraid my tire is going to go into a hole and not make it out again. Then there are other places where there is rut after rut after rut. I tried to take a picture yesterday, but:

a) I was driving
b) I was using my phone's camera
c) It was really cold outside, so my kids didn't like my window down.

It looks like a war zone in some places. Well, maybe it looks like a war zone to a small rodent, but still.

The other day it had been snowing and the roads were pretty slick. My kids were being kids and it was a tense ride home. Then we hit the potholes. I thought my body was going to shatter. Just terrible. I'm always so happy to see the road crews out working that I want to roll my window down and thank them! There's really not much they can do until warm weather is here to stay. It's the freeze and thaw that causes it. Here's an article that describes it. This website actually has a pothole photo contest! Don't take a photo while driving. Well, duh! Hey, wait a minute...I'm not accountable for what I do with five kids fighting together in the van.

It's funny because I had been thinking about writing a blog about this and now I'm searching the internet for a photo and finding many, many news articles about the problem!

These potholes are an especial problem for a person like me. When I try to miss them, it is most likely that I will actually hit them. BUMP!!