Today's commute

TOMS1SS · 04-02-2011, 01:10 AM

I have a district position which, requires me to travel quiet a bit in state. Today was a little bit of an adventure in the state of Arizona. If you live in AZ or have you'll appreciate this, if not check out some of these areas:

1. Left home at Shea and 32nd street in Phoenix and headed to work at Sedona. The route I took was the SR51 north, 101 west, I-17 north and SR179 north. I noticed something amiss on the southbound lane on the I-17.....

...I'll get to that later. Leg one: 114 miles
2. Left Sedona and went to Payson. The route I took was SR89A west, SR260 east and SR87 south. Leg two: 89 miles
3. From Payson I went home. I took the SR87 south, took Shea Blvd west to 32nd street. Leg three: 80 miles

Total round trip commute: 283 miles, approximately 6 hours drive time.

Now this isn't the longest commute that I do, the longest is 308 miles through the desert rountrip. I also don't subject my Camaro to this kind of driving duty, I have a Fiesta for that. But today was special because when I was driving to Sedona going north on I-17 the entire sountbound side was shut down between Sunset Peak and Bloody Basin Road. Now this is about a good 8 to 10 miles of cars just parked on a 95 degree day on the interstate. Some of our employees got caught in this gridlock and didn't get out for 4 hours. Keep in mind this area is desolate, there are no towns, exits or turnarounds. If something happened here well...your just plain stuck. Luckily I found the reason and I was able to detour through the badlands....I never thought it would be for this:

http://www.azcentral.com/video/877413327001

lil_chef · 04-02-2011, 02:10 AM

very sad the cows had to die? they were going to die anyways. its very sad the cows didnt end up becoming a burger or steak.

bluch · 04-02-2011, 02:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lil_chef

very sad the cows had to die? they were going to die anyways. its very sad the cows didnt end up becoming a burger or steak.

+1,000,000

TOMS1SS · 04-02-2011, 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluch

+1,000,000

I had the worst hankering for a steak after all the red meat talk all day.

04-02-2011, 01:10 AM	#1
TOMS1SS Drives: NA Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: NA Posts: 12,126 View My Garage	Today's commute I have a district position which, requires me to travel quiet a bit in state. Today was a little bit of an adventure in the state of Arizona. If you live in AZ or have you'll appreciate this, if not check out some of these areas: 1. Left home at Shea and 32nd street in Phoenix and headed to work at Sedona. The route I took was the SR51 north, 101 west, I-17 north and SR179 north. I noticed something amiss on the southbound lane on the I-17........I'll get to that later. Leg one: 114 miles 2. Left Sedona and went to Payson. The route I took was SR89A west, SR260 east and SR87 south. Leg two: 89 miles 3. From Payson I went home. I took the SR87 south, took Shea Blvd west to 32nd street. Leg three: 80 miles Total round trip commute: 283 miles, approximately 6 hours drive time. Now this isn't the longest commute that I do, the longest is 308 miles through the desert rountrip. I also don't subject my Camaro to this kind of driving duty, I have a Fiesta for that. But today was special because when I was driving to Sedona going north on I-17 the entire sountbound side was shut down between Sunset Peak and Bloody Basin Road. Now this is about a good 8 to 10 miles of cars just parked on a 95 degree day on the interstate. Some of our employees got caught in this gridlock and didn't get out for 4 hours. Keep in mind this area is desolate, there are no towns, exits or turnarounds. If something happened here well...your just plain stuck. Luckily I found the reason and I was able to detour through the badlands....I never thought it would be for this: http://www.azcentral.com/video/877413327001 __________________ El funcionario señor de los desiertos de Mojave y Sonora.

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lil_chef Banned Drives: 2010 Mustang GT Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Jacksonville Posts: 1,823	very sad the cows had to die? they were going to die anyways. its very sad the cows didnt end up becoming a burger or steak.