Beautiful Bay Bridge... but sometimes a traffic nightmare -__-

Eric and Julie really enjoy the view of the Bay Bridge from their apartment. With the coming of fall, we sometimes can see the sunrise before we need to head out to work (actual photo from last Saturday).

However, the recent changes from the Bay bridge construction, specifically the new "S"curve, really made traffic unbearable sometimes. Although the speed limit listed on the bridge for the S curve is 40 mph, most drivers ignore the sign until it is too late. Here is an example of what happened today...A Safeway's truck realized too late that he couldn't make the tight turn at 55mph and flipped over causing 4 lanes of the bridge's upper deck to be closed. Although this happened at 2 pm, the traffic did not clear until 8pm.

Unfortunately, Julie was teaching on Oakland side that day... can you see her among the traffic -__- She got on the freeway around 6:30pm naively thinking that the bridge was going to clear soon... she did not get home until 8:45 pm. Julie was hungry and thirsty...

One thing cheered her up though... Junior kicked Julie's left rib for the first time today ^_^ This means that he has officially turned vertical and at the right the developmental stage.