FINDING A NEW WAY

It's not really new.  I always knew this street existed.  In fact, I learned to drive on Lewis Street and Delaware Avenue.  But until recently Delaware Avenue has not been a street I wanted to drive on.  It had speed bumps.  It had potholes.  Big ones.  It had trash and was hard to follow.

I knew it had been worked on.  I went around the detour enough times.  And Joe had told me many times that I should take it to work and cut off some of the traffic and stop signs. I did try it once or twice, but the road was so bad I just didn't want to do it.

Yesterday, however, for some reason I turned off of my regular route and went down Lewis Street and headed for Delaware Avenue.  As you might imagine, Delaware Avenue runs alongside of the Delaware River.  The trash department has a facility on one side and the Tioga Marine Terminal is on the other. 

 

It doesn't look like much, does it?  But after you pass this building you get to see the river and the ships.  The ships dock right there and unload their cargo.


 

 




I made it to work in 8 minutes yesterday.  Much faster than my usual 20 minute drive.  And it is so relaxing.  There is almost no traffic and no stop signs or traffic lights.  I took it home too and made the same time.  It was nice to leave the hustle and bustle of the library and the traffic of the city streets and for just 5 minutes drive beside the river and soak up the beauty of it.  (Can you tell I love the river?)

 




Guess how I'm going back and forth to work from now on.

Kathy