Welcome to Northern Virginia. Expect delays.

It’s a fact of life that if you drive anywhere in the DC area, you’re going to run into traffic.

So when I was in traffic today I started thinking about it, specifically if there is ever a “beginning” to the traffic.

Do you ever think about that? At what point does the traffic become congested enough that you have to slow down?

One of the things I think would be an amazing experience is if you were the last person not to get stuck in traffic. Driving along at my normal highway speeds with a mass of cars behind me like a giant tidal wave about the break over a surfer. Except that wave doesn’t break and I’m not stuck in traffic!

I know, I’m weird, but how cool would that be? Surfers get up at the crack of dawn to chase that perfect wave…I could prowl the on-ramps, waiting for the perfect moment to catch the wave…

Sigh. I’m a dork.