Because I’m a glutton for punishment and probably suffer from accute mental illness, I’ve decided to take the old Warren Anderson Expressway to the 206 to the 74 to get to the Finger Lakes, I will be experiencing on my drive:
- Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. On the Warren Anderson Expressway
- Do the left lane, do the right. A giant game of twister, because at least 50% of the road is under construction. Keep changing lanes because at least one is closed for construction. On the Warren Anderson Expressway.
- Up one mountain, down the next one. Leave the transmission retarded the whole way because you’re either climbing or steeply descending. On the 206.
- Bumper to bumper Volvo’s with Bernie Sanders bumper stickers. Every car turning left. On the 74.
- Groaning and squeaking brakes as you sit behind a line of Volvo’s. On the Monstrous Hills in Ithaca.