Wasted hour... the siege goes on...

I figured I would give it a try.. Getting out of Kootenai.

After all I knew the secret way out.. down my road and

then across the dirt road, connect up with McGhee Road.

And it worked. Got to the light, the flag person flagged

me thru.  THAT WAS THE EASY PART.

I went and did my errands, stopped by Walmart and

picked up a few things.. and headed for home. It was

15 to 10 am. Got a lot done.

I live 4 minutes from Walmart. 4 minutes... but it took

me almost an hour to get to my house from Walmart.

I got home at 10:35 am.

I started out and go up half way on Kootenai Cutacross

road.  Then inched up the road as each car in front gave

up the ship, and turn around.  Made it all the way up

to the tracks and across to the 3rd car in line at the light.

We all sat there... our group... the group coming from

Ponderay heading east. The light changed 6 flaming times!!

Then finally the group that was sitting across the light heading

east, moved.  The west bound was finished.  Some of the cars

moved like it was a race track... tired of sitting there for 20

or more minutes.  And lucky for my group.. some of them

were so shocked that they couldn't move. One car died and

the others were trying to get around it.  At which time the

rotation of the light was in our favor... and we got to go.

I could see the anger in the face of the woman who was first

in line on the Ponderay side of the light. She had been sitting

there way longer than we had.  Yet we were going and filling

up the space again.. so she couldn't move...for how much longer?

As the light had changed in her favor, but there was no where to go.

Now I am 3 from the rear of the group. And we wait.. and wait

in line... no cars going anywhere. Then they let some cars go,

but stopped us, as there was some cars coming down

the side road.  Now I am finally in the turn lane. And I sit.

After about 40 cars go by... I finally.. finally get the signal

to go. I floor board it like I was shot out of a cannon. Free...

Free, free at last.  Down the road, cross the secret path

and home.. An hour I will never get back.. but heard there

were a lot worse ones than mine.. And they say this work

will go on until September.. that is the bad news.. the good

news is that they should be done with what is in front of the

town in a week...  God I hope so.