an occasional morning ritual
Mar. 2nd, 2010 05:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rmdso, for those of you unfamiliar with boston roads, route 2 heading out of the cambridge area turns into a highway for a while. shortly after it becomes a highway, there's a big BIG long uphill stretch of road. i mean, trivial for a mountainous area, but significant for boston.
i first started driving that piece of road many years ago, i had a piece-of-shit pickup truck that couldn't accelerate very much or very well. by the time i got to the top of the uphill stretch of road, even if i started out at 55mph, the truck would be struggling along at maybe 30mph.
lately, to shake up my morning routine, i've started going to work by driving out route 2 and down 128. so i end up driving that hill. in my mini cooper S.
and so most days, at the bottom of the hill, i start accelerating. and i am still accelerating when i get to the top of the hill, because the mini can totally do that. it's a small thing, but it makes me happy every time i do it.
trivia: the other direction, going down that hill, at night, is my favorite scenic approach into the metro boston area.
i first started driving that piece of road many years ago, i had a piece-of-shit pickup truck that couldn't accelerate very much or very well. by the time i got to the top of the uphill stretch of road, even if i started out at 55mph, the truck would be struggling along at maybe 30mph.
lately, to shake up my morning routine, i've started going to work by driving out route 2 and down 128. so i end up driving that hill. in my mini cooper S.
and so most days, at the bottom of the hill, i start accelerating. and i am still accelerating when i get to the top of the hill, because the mini can totally do that. it's a small thing, but it makes me happy every time i do it.
trivia: the other direction, going down that hill, at night, is my favorite scenic approach into the metro boston area.
