Before you begin Dear Reader, a warning. This is a long article, the longest I’ve ever done for Medium. For that I apologize in advance. If you don’t make it through the whole thing, no prob. However if I accomplished anything you will be moved to go sit under a tree for a day. That has a way of changing perspectives.
The traffic snaked in a long conga line, the inevitable 7:30 crush that C-470 was…