Oops

This morning, I walked to McKinley & John - a little over three miles - before catching the 4E bus to work. This afternoon, I had the whimsical notion to walk back to McKinley & John, and catch the 4W bus home (with a transfer at Country Fair to the 9A, my usual bus home). Alas, there were problems.

For one, I seriously underestimated how long it would take to walk from Wolfram Research to McKinley & John, and missed the 4:36pm bus. (I'm not even sure there is a 4:36pm bus. I neglected to check the schedule before embarking on this adventure.)

The bus schedule said there'd be another bus at 5:15pm, so I elected to walk down John Street a bit, and catch the bus at whatever corner I happened to be at when 5:15pm rolled around.

Crossing Prospect Avenue at John Street is always tricky: there's no signal, and Prospect is a pretty busy street. Crossing it at 5:00pm - in deep twilight and rush-hour traffic - was even worse. As I waited to cross, there were three different vehicles packed into the intersection, all trying to make a left turn somewhere, with traffic zooming around them.

And I thought: This is the intersection where Jerry Keiper died. So I waited.

Eventually the lunatics cleared out, and I crossed Prospect without incident. I ended up catching the 4W at Russel & John, transferring to the 9A at Crescent & John, and getting home just before 6:00pm.

Perhaps I should aim for less adventurous commutes from now on....