Before I go into my tale of woe.. something very different happened today.
The Merritt Parkway is a known for its distinctive bridges and scenic layout with woods on either side and trees in the center. Each direction has two lanes. While driving back home on the parkway today, traffic came to a crawl then shuddering stop. It was hard to figure out what was wrong as I tried to jockey into the best position.
Imagine my surprise when I found that a tree had fallen over and blocked both lanes. We obviously weren't going anywhere, so I joined a group of people who were trying to break branches and shift the tree over so that at least one lane was passable. I was the fourth to join, followed by a few more guys (one with work gloves on!) Needless to say, dressed in my styling clothes made me wonder how much I could help, but I started pulling and tugging with the rest of them (Yes.. Good Samaritan Constructive Destruction!).
We thinned out the tree quite a bit and the guys were able to break enough off of the top that cars could just slither through one lane. That area has a six mile stretch with no exits. I'm just happy we didn't get stuck in that traffic jam. It looked like the tree had a very slow fall based on how the traffic gradually stopped.
When we got home, my daughter asked me.. "Was that your good deed for the day, Mom?"
