A Trip to Vancouver

Well, last night I drove to Vancouver to attend a jazz concert put on by CBC's own N.B. Of course, I get to Abbotsford and I find myself in the middle of the most horrific episode of traffic constipation you can imagine. I turn on my radio, and sure enough, they're informing me that the cars are backed up all the way from 150th street, which is a good deal West of Langley. So when I finally get to the first EXIT into Langley, I do the only sensible thing, and get off, heading South towards the Fraser Hwy. It turns out that a lot of people have the same idea, and after feeling free for about two minutes while zipping down the EXIT and down Glover Rd, I suddenly come upon yet another piece of highway hideousness - traffic backed up as far as the naked eye can see.

Well, the long and the short of it is, it took me a long time to get into Vancouver, and even longer to find my way to Grandview (somehow I missed a turn and ended up going in the wrong direction, before finding my way to the Lougheed Hwy, which eventually becomes Broadway, which is right beside Grandview). The moral of the story is as follows: if you're caught in heavy traffic, make sure you're aware of where you're going, because if you find that you've wasted several precious moments going in the wrong direction, you'll want to hang yourself from a tree by the large intestine and feed on your own tongue.