Slip Slidin' Away

My friend and old business partner lives 2 or 3 miles below Devil's Slide on the coast highway. The highway feels like a strip of asphalt tacked onto a steep hill, and the hill gave way amidst the heavy rain last month. As a result, all traffic funnels through one point to get over the hills. Businesses are suffering (although Dara and I went over there last weekend to do our part in helping the local economy). You know you have a bad commute on the west coast when it's being reported in the NYTimes.