Cross Town Traffic

Being from the West Coast of the U.S. (and for awhile a citizen of Seattle), I’ve always been kind of a Jimi Hendrix fan. And when I started thinking about this blog, the Hendrix song was playing in my mind. There’s really no connection between the blog and the song, other than the title. But this past several months has been a lot like trying to drive across town.

In Twin Falls, the main street of the city (really the only main street) is called “Blue Lakes”. It runs about five miles north and south through the center of town. And it is a rare occasion to make it from one end of Blue Lakes to the other without stopping for at least one red light. More often than not you end up stopping for most if not all of them. If you’re driving from one end to the other, that means about eight traffic lights. 

It can seem like forever.

Last October, we began our journey towards Thailand. It started out really quick, like a jackrabbit start from a green light. But, we had to stop for the next light, and it was a long one. We could see traffic going crossways from us, we could see people in the turn lane going past and heading off in their desired directions. And still we sat. Finally the light turned green and we were off, only to stop again shortly. More traffic moving that wasn’t us, more waiting. Stop and go. Stop and go. Frustration at the light that never seemed to turn. 

We’ve had several stop lights that we’ve sat at for seeming eternities, and we’ve had several times of traveling at comparatively high rates of speed. And the light always seems to turn green just at the time we begin to think we simply can’t sit any longer. But our direction has not changed. We’re still headed toward Thailand, we’re just not getting there as fast as we’d like. 

Some of you might be wondering if we’re ever going to really get there. We wonder the same thing sometimes. But we’re not giving up. Please don’t give up on us. We’ll make it, but right now we just seem to be hitting every light.