Sometimes when I want to go down to the Mac's convenience store, I go east a little ways on Crowchild until I get to the turnoff for Northland Drive. I then ease up to the multi-way stop and come to a complete halt, looking at the possibility of traffic coming from the left, or gophers wearing constuction helmets coming from the right. When all is clear, I make the turn and head north. I glance over at the seven blocks of cordoned off right hand lane, set aside for bicycle traffic. It's my deep and abiding hope that one day I will see someone riding a bicycle in there, but to this point it appears to be mainly used as a way to confuse people turning right off of Northmount Drive. Once I make it up to 52nd Street, I make a wide and annoying turn across the extra lane of ghostly bike traffic and discover that the Mac's that I thought was there has closed down and now has boards over the windows.
To hear more about my driving adventures to mundane places, please visit my blog 'My Driving Adventures to Mundane Places'.
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