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February 28, 2008

Driving In The Mist

Driving to and from school on the Merritt Parkway for the past four years, I've always noticed how creepy it is at night. Despite being a highway, there are no street lights so headlights are all you can see. Every once in a while, I've been on the Merritt at night in the fog with no light but the headlights of the occasional car coming from the other direction. The trees in the middle of the highway always look so eerie, sitting in the fog or mist like that. I've always wanted to get a good picture of it, so when Brent was driving us back to school from my house a couple weekends ago, I tried to get a few pictures because it was the perfect night... rain, mist, fog, darkness, not too many cars... the works.

Unfortunately, it's nearly impossible to get a good picture while on the highway, but I did my best and I'll have to leave the rest to your imaginations:

Now imagine being in my shoes and driving this alone sometimes! Someone out there should make a horror movie set on that highway at night!

While on the subject of spooky roads, Brent and I took a wrong exit off of I-84 a little while ago (sorry for all the boring highway talk) and ended up in this weird nearly deserted farmland area... in Connecticut? There's so much of this state I don't know about. Anyway, we stopped at this intersection that was the meeting of four roads with a blinking red light hanging in the middle. It was one of the creepiest places I've ever been. I had Brent stop the car so that I could take a picture, but it didn't come out too well. If we weren't both terrified and ready to get out of there, I probably could have gotten a better one, but here's my one shot:

Don't wander on scary streets alone at night!

-Lauren

Posted by lauren at February 28, 2008 12:32 AM

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Posted by: M at February 28, 2008 10:13 AM