It’s busy out there!
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- December
- 24
We’re well into Christmas Eve and judging from traffic while I was running an errand a little while ago, lots of people have places to be and for a lot of those people, the place is the Palisades Center.
I had to run up to Pomona around 2:30 and the cars were moving well on the northbound Palisades from the Thruway to Exit 12. But the traffic was heavy and steady.
A second errand took me over to New Clarkstown Road, so I headed south on Route 45 through Hillcrest to Eckerson Drive and east on Eckerson.
I was smart enough to head south on New Clarkstown and then east on Smith to avoid the lights and traffic around Route 59 and the Spring Valley Marketplace. That was a good move, but I missed another opportunity to cut across from Middletown Road to Route 304, which would have allowed me to take West Nyack Road to return to the newspaper offices on Crosfield Avenue.
Instead, I stayed on Middletown all the way to Route 59 and then inched my way east toward Crosfield and the Palisades Center beyond it.
Now, after an hour back at the paper, I’m watching cars stream east along Route 59, heading to get that last last-minute gift or meet friends for a holiday toast and dinner.
There’s still time, but if you venture out please take it slow.
With the sun fading, we may see some of what melted during the day turning back to ice, like this morning.
Be careful, stay safe and enjoy the holiday with loved ones.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and happy holidays to all.
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on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 at 4:08 pm by Bob Baird.
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