It is Eskimo Bob Lives and this was the week that was. Today we're slowing things down a bit. . . enjoying the moment as it were. Too often we get wrapped up in the hectic everyday. I'm hoping that this Monday post will speak to you. That you will be able to take a collective breath and smile that Spring has sprung. It is a time of change . . . as we transition of the dark and cold of winter into the vitality of Spring. Life beginning anew. In the Good Book it says: To Everything There is A Season - and so it is here in the Big AK. Sunlight begins to linger and expand it's visits on a daily basis. The snow and ice begin to melt away, cleansing the earth and providing rivers and streams on the roadways and parking lots. Driving down the Parks Highway from Wasilla to Anchorage and back again - it isn't the majesty of the Chugach range, or the expanse of the Matanuska Valley, or even the serenity of the Knik Arm that brings wonderment and awe. It is the continual road spray that covers your windshield. This road spray is not a liquid nor is it a solid - but rather a grime that encrusts you; and heaven help if you do not have a full reservoir of windshield washer fluid. As mentioned earlier - this viscous element of road spray can easily be wiped by your wipers. However, it has a defense mechanism, almost a will to survive - for it will leave a film that starts out transparent - but becomes opaque as cataracts begin to cloud the iris. Subtly your vision is obscured and if you do not use wiper fluid - you will be completely covered and blinded - unable to see. I'd like to think that the road spray does not intend to do harm - but if it can not obscure your vision - then surely it will go after your tires. As it lay on the road - waiting to be splattered across your windshield and headlights, it takes upon itself a nice icy glaze. So that hopefully you will be able to end up either in the meridian, or off the side of the road in the trees. The road spray season is from Spring to late April. It is then that most of winters snow has left or the slight April showers that resurrect the grime of the winter road treatment. Then the commuters may enjoy the beauty of the area that is - unless their minds are focused on fishing, or using the windshield wiper fluid to remove the splatter of encrusted mosquitoes on the windshield. So wherever you are - enjoy the day and we'll see you again on Eskimo Bob Lives.
