My drive to and from work is usually about 30 minutes of wind through my hair and beautiful scenery but yesterday on my way home there was an accident on Pi'ilani Hwy that closed the whole street down. This is 1 of 2 roads that lead from North Kihei to South Kihei. The other road is a 2 lane beach access road, so just imagine how slow that road would be moving due to all the highway traffic being diverted to it. So as I was sitting on Pi'ilani Hwy waiting to move even a little I decided that I would explore the back roads and see if any of them led me home. So I turned off the highway and onto a side street.
I was sitting there at a light that although it turned green and red and green again, no one seemed to move. I noticed some of the cars turning off on a 1 lane dirt road (road is used very loosely). There were some minivans going that route so since I was in the Jeep I figured it would be ok for me to take that route too. There were a couple cars in front of me that stopped for a while then turned around so I crept forward to see what the problem was. As I pulled around the minivan that was still trying to decide what to do, I saw the giant rocky valley that I would have to get past to get back on the road. There were a couple people that had gotten out of their cars to look and when they saw me they told me that I could easily make it. Their tips were to head down to the right then veer to the left to get around the crashed car at the bottom (which did not comfort me to see), then when I start to head back up just gun it and I should make it. Well, being that this was the first time I had ever done anything remotely close to 4 wheeling I was a bit nervous. But there was no way I was heading back to sit in traffic so I went for it. I did exactly what the guy had told me to do and held onto the steering wheel as tight as I could. When I got to the other side there were a few guys standing there and one of them told me that I had done that perfectly so I was pretty proud of myself.
It was definitely a short-cut because once I made it down to the beach road traffic was ok. The whole drive home yesterday, which should have only taken 30 minutes, took 1 hr & 15 minutes. I guess that is the price you pay for living in a place where there are only 2 roads leading to your house.
There's only one road in front of my house.
You may only have 1 road in front of your house but how many ways do you have to get to that road? If one way is blocked there is 6 other ways to get there, right???
If the road is blocked in front of my house, I'm screwed. I'd have to park on the street and walk less than one block. Screwed.