It's on again...

Perhaps surprisingly for the Gold Coast, the traffic on my ride to work actually diminishes considerably during the school holidays. This means that the gridlock I normally experience has been strangely absent for the last couple of weeks. It was also not there yesterday, but then, the three day weekend seems to be something of an Australian tradition. This morning, however, as I waited at the red light for the chance to jump on Bundall Road, it was there like a long lost friend.

The thing about gridlock (at least on a moderate-sized city like this one) is that there always seems to be at least one idiot who thinks that somehow it won't apply to their car -- that they can somehow get through it where nobody else can. Of course, they're wrong everytime, but watching them try is often quite entertaining nonetheless. The only thing I need to be aware of is this irrational desire I have to accelerate and pass them after they've provided the entertainment. After all, it's not as if I need to accelerate much to pass them once they hit the gridlock.

The other thing that might be coming back is the wet season. Now that truly is something I've missed. This evening I was riding through Austinville after a short, sharp squall of rain had passed. I just love those shapes the mist throws at you when the cloud forming in the valley is illuminated by a powerful headlight at night. Hopefully it's the precursor to some awesome mountain mist riding in the coming months.