Jersey

I've never seen the traffic in Florida as bad as it has been here the past week.  It seems that a good portion of America has decided that this is the place to be right now.
What looked like a half hour drive on my way to lunch yesterday quickly turned into a full hour.  Part of this is because the Florida Dept. of Transportation is in the midst of highway reconstruction on Rte. 41, the main local artery in Ft. Myers.  I just can't imagine who dreamed up the idea of closing down a three lane highway to one lane at mid day during tourist season, but that is exactly what they did. Insane!!!!!!  I made it safely and coming home was not as bad as three lanes were only squeezed down to two.

Just about everyone I meet comes from somewhere up north, usually from New Jersey (I always ask where in Jersey because one of my sons lives there), although the two people ahead of me on line at the drug store just now were from Indiana.  Everything is choked up with tourists. Does this mean that the economy has turned around, or does it merely mean that people are tired of snow and cold?  Who knows? I guess the important thing is this is great for local business, so as an outsider I will continue to grin and bear it!!!