Driving to Boston

I had to drive up to Boston this week. It was an exercise in futility at least as far as the reason for the trip. The trip itself, though, was somewhat interesting. It was interesting for a number of reasons. First, there were a huge number of semi's our on the interstates of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. This bustling evidence of commerce in action leads me to give credence to President Obama's assertion that the economy is, in fact, getting better. Another indication of a better economy was the number of cars on the roads. Even with gasoline edging over $4.00/gallon in many places. The roads on Wednesday and Thursday were being heavily used. Connecticut has started the summer ritual of road repair already (one of the benefits of a warm winter??) so I ran into a number (3 or 4) delays as traffic inched through the work areas. However, even this is evidence of returning economic health.