Winter Wonders

It has been a tough week for bus drivers here in the Hoosier State. We have had snow, below freezing temperatures, and freezing fog. Today we are getting some freezing drizzle, but today I can just sip my tea and look out the window. I would much rather view winter from the comfort of my living room. My job, however, requires me to be out in it. I am still surprised at how long it takes people to get the hang of driving in bad weather. In the space of a quarter of a mile I counted no less than five cars that had slid off the road. Now, you would think that after the first car hit the ditch everyone would have eased off the gas pedal. Nope!! They just decided to give the first car some company as he waited for the tow truck. That must have been a lucrative run for the two tow trucks that came to pull them out. I know there were two; because I had made it through, safely delivered my students, and got the treat of watching for twenty minutes while the rescue blocked the road. I am evidently a little slow on the learning curve too, or I would have thought of a way to go around that mess. On the up side, the morning of the freezing fog was a visual treat. While it was still dark, the fog banks floated above the ground illuminated by the lights of cars, traffic lights and street lamps. When the sun came up, it showed us trees, shrubs and grasses dressed all in white, covered in rime ice, and sparkling in the light like it was jeweled. It was lovely. It would have been lovelier from the comfort of my easy chair with a hot cup of tea in hand. I wonder what next week holds for us.