We all have our best days and our worst days, for me, Interstate 5 in Oregon seems to be the low point of my life. I know I have a slight speeding problem, but come on, the posted speed limit most of the time is 65 mph, and the Oregon driver in his Eco-friendly car with the coexist bumper sticker is topping out at 45 mph in the fast lane...which in itself is bad enough...but the Oregon motor-home driver, who is pulling the Jeep Wrangler is right beside him in the slow lane also doing 45 mph, setting up an invincible wall to get around!!!! And this goes on, mile after mile, after ridiculous mile. And if by some fluke, I can get around one of them, I end up within 30 seconds back in the same predicament. The only variation is that the vehicles setting up the impassable wall might change slightly... the Washington minivan, and the Oregon semi pulling 3 trailers seemed to make a great team. Super-duper aggravating.
A bonus was that I was driving all the way through Oregon into Washington with a 1 year old, a five year old, and a 89 year old grandma. My grandma sat in the front seat...and bless my grandma's heart, but she called out what seemed like every sign and the number of remaining miles until we pulled into the house of our destination...every sign for 1000 miles.
Pretty sure I never want to live in Oregon, beautiful state, awful drivers. Which, when I am honest with myself is more about me being unable to handle Oregon, than all of them being slow pokes. They seem to be happy slow pokes...I just can't take another minute of them on I-5.
Oh, you must not have gotten the memo. Every Tue. on 1-5 in Oregon it is Slow Poke Tuesday. That is the day only very cautious drivers (aka Super Annoying)go out. Make sure you make the return on an alternate day of the week if possible. :-)
Posted by: Kim | July 29, 2009 at 12:19 PM