It’s time for the start of the big dark, as winter is known here.
Okay, a bit early, but today’s drive home from work had the earmarks.
The morning commute has been in the dark for a bit now.
Today’s evening commute darkness was dark to a large extent due to the rain clouds dumping buckets as I walked to the car. The rain decreased a bit after dropping down off of the plateau, and the need for wipers even reduced to intermittent, at intermittent intervals.
And then, as I crested the hill where the freeway turns west, ☀️ ☀️☀️☀️. Blinding, low on the horizon, reflecting off of the wet pavement, in your face SUN.
Sunglasses? Not on my face, having started the drive in the dark. By the time I had my sunglasses in a place I could use them, the hills of Mercer Island were providing merciful shadows.
Until the freeway exited a tunnel to cross Lake Washington. ☀️☀️☀️☀️ again, and this time with reflections off of the lake added to the mix.
Sunglasses on, and finally got oriented north, so the ☀️ was reduced to a minor irritation.
And by the time I reached the driveway, it was really too dark for driving with sunglasses.
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October 18, 2023 at 6:49 pm |
We dealt with some of that blinding sun coming back along the Columbia River. It’s so hard to drive under those circumstances. It does seem darker, but I like that, especially in the morning.
October 21, 2023 at 11:44 am |
I am waiting for the time change to see if I have to switch from afternoon commute sunglasses back to morning commute sunglasses, or if it will just be dark both ways.