I’m sure it will bounce back warm, but the past few days have been beautiful, with weather reminiscent of early fall. The porch temperature yesterday was 71, with a nice breeze. This morning, it was 56. It has us thinking thoughts about an early fall. The weather has been a bit odd lately, but I guess that’s everywhere now. It was awful dry for two or three weeks, then it rained for two weeks, and now it’s dry again. It should be a beautiful weekend. If you haven’t been up for a while, this weekend might be a good choice, although the forecast temperatures are trending upward toward the weekend.
The supermoon was unfortunately mostly obscured by clouds, but the one time I got a good look at it, the color was amazing. I hope that we’ll be able to see the moon a bit as it wanes for the rest of this week.
There was another bad crash Monday at the intersection of Loving Road and 515. Typically, the News Observer didn’t get around to covering it in today’s paper, but when we happened on the scene, 515 southbound was closed, there was a crashed car in the median, and about twenty cops were painting stuff on the road. I imagine that means there were fatalities. This has become a very busy and confusing intersection, with northbound (towards Blairsville) traffic turning left onto Loving Road, and packs of cars and trucks flying by in the northbound travel lanes after passing the light at 515 and 60. If you are trying to cross 515, it’s also a bit deceptive, because it’s hard to gauge how fast the southbound traffic is coming down the hill. You really don’t get to see them for quite long enough, given how fast they’re traveling. I really think there should be a traffic light there now, but I imagine we’ll have to wait for a few more people to be killed before that ever happens. Loving Road itself has become very busy. One of the longtime residents said to me the other day that a few years ago, there was hardly any traffic, but now it’s like a superhighway. That’s a bit of an overstatement, but it has become very busy compared to the old days. All in all, it’s become a very hazardous situation.