April Showers bring May Flowers (chorus)

Well here we are back in Pennsylvania again. I'm trying to smile.. New state welcome sign for PA should read, Welcome to Pennsylvania We Are STILL Under Construction, Pardon Our Mess.  Yes that indeed should be the proposed slogan for this state.  In all the years I've traveled to and through this state I can honestly say not once have I visited that I didn't spend at least part of the trip in a construction zone.  For those of you who are not fully aware of the "Road Rules" in this state I'll help.  You may see the sign upon entering the great state of Independence that simply says "Fines Doubled in Work Zones" or "Targeted Enforcement Zone."  These  are just blanket notices that the state will be taking great joy in holding up traffic throughout your travels while in Pennsylvania. Furthermore if you don't adhere strictly to the speed limit while your traveling you'll have the distinct honor of paying for said road 'improvements'. I, at one point thought that they have lots of money to spend on road improvements here, but the roads are always in horrible shape. How could that be you ask? Well to put it simply they don't actually repair the roads they just put the signs up that say they are 'Gonna do it soon as we catch enough people speeding through the work zones to pay for the repairs.'  So far this trips chuckle for the knuckle heads  "End Fines Doubled Zone" just a few hundred yards from that sign... "Begin Road Work next 10 miles" yes that's right fines doubled in the work zone.  This idea may have spread over to New Jersey because they have loads of repair work with very little obvious progress to date.
I'm currently very interested in the detour signs all over the state that have a color coded route on them.  Oddly enough I have not seen the first explanation of what the color codes are. So if you follow a sign that says detour with a red arrow on it and then come upon a sign that has a green arrow on it what do you do? Or worse still what if your color blind?  Wikipedia has this to say about the detour signs:

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has a system of "color detour signs" in which any detour follows signs with a specific color.^[9][10][11] The detours are meant to be used if a limited-access highway has to be closed for an emergency situation such as a flood or car accident, directing motorists along local roads near the limited-access highway to the next exit. They are generally color-coded according to direction, with blue meaning north, red meaning south, green meaning east, and orange meaning west. However, other colors, such as black and brown, are sometimes used when detour routes overlap with one another.^[10][12]

SO.. that made everything clear to Pennsylvania I'm sure, the rest of us are going to need a bit more information.

Just a weather update in the off chance you thought the weather changed here.. ITS RAINING! As if that's a new status.  I'm supposed to be happy that the April showers will be bringing May flowers, I'm trying to keep that in mind along the way.  I am thankful that the rain is keeping the pollen washed out a bit more breathing is easier for some of us anyway.23223

With Easter approaching quickly I feel I should share this quick story.  Sunday night after watching Megamind with our grandson Mikey I had gone in to kiss him good night and remind him that Poppy and Grammy would be gone tomorrow when he got up possibly. He seemed fine after the same questions of why? how come? all had been answered.  I said to him that Poppy and I would be back before the Easter Bunny hopped by.  He said he didn't like the Easter Bunny, I asked why he said he didn't know but when I told Mikey that he brought candy he changed his mind.  He then asked me, WHY does the Easter Bunny bring candy? "Hmm.. Well", I said "because the Easter Bunny works for the American Dental Association.  He brings kids candy so they get cavities and then Mommies take kids to the Dentist and spend a ton of money to fix the cavities."   Our daughter Jenn has already warned me that I should expect calls from the Day Care Mikey attends because she is leaving our phone number with them.

So while we're getting our current load shifted by this company the rain continues, if and when they finish we'll be on our way again. The shippers, if they load your trailer, are responsible to make sure the load is positioned on the trailer so that weights are acceptable by the DOT.  If after being loaded the shipper has a scale and you find your weights not correct the shipper will reload for you, to get your weight correct. We are at the second door for this load now getting reloaded. We've been here since 10am its now 4pm.  That being said.. hopefully will  be back in Virginia this evening sometime.
People wonder why things cost so much on the store shelves this is one of those costs. A truck, trailer and driver sitting ALL day to get one load of product ready to move. Amazing!
Well its now 5pm and we're finally getting on the road.  Rain and rush hour!
God Bless!
Pam and Ed