Traffic Report

As usual, I was in a hurry when I left work last night. My new office location poses an even busier commute, especially in the evening.

Last night, I needed to stop into Lowe's on my way to Alicia's daycare to pick up a forced air propane heater for Stephen. I park in the garage each night, which is awesome. But he parks in the driveway and plugs in his block heater. Generally this is sufficient for his truck to start in the morning. But the other day, his gas lines froze and it took him several hours with a little space heater to thaw them out.

Anyway, I told him I'd stop by Lowe's, which is just around the corner from my work, on my way home and pick up a heater.

The problem is, to get into the Lowe's parking lot, I needed to make a left turn across two lanes of solid oncoming traffic without the benefit of a stoplight. As I sat there, blinker on, irritation rising... I was thinking, "I'm never going to get across this traffic."

And just at that moment, out strolled a bull moose, directly across those two lanes of traffic. The onslaught screeched to a halt, and I made my left hand turn thanking Mr. Moose as I went.

Just goes to show... Alaska is full of unexpected opportunities.