Wrong Side of the Road!

Driving on the wrong side of the road definitely changes the way you view life. On the base on Andros, sometimes I feel a tickle of panic as I suddenly pay attention to the road and not stop looking around at the passing greenery for golden crowned kinglets, bananaquits, and Cuban emeralds. It feels for a moment like the golf cart is careening out of control when we take a right turn, so wide! (so the opposite of the lefts!) But the wrong side of the road there is the right side. I can’t say much more than that in explanation because it’s like trying to understand daylight savings time to me! Life does seem to move at a slower pace (more of a golf cart speed) than it does back in St. Marys, at least on the base. Once you get off base on the island you immediately notice a lack of speed limit signs and stop signs but there the road conditions give you pause and cause you to slow down.

Meanwhile, back in St.Marys, I haven’t slowed down at all since returning Thursday. Driving my granddaughter, Kim to the pool for her swim meet today (on the right side of the road), I looked at the dash and saw the outside temperature was 55 degrees Fahrenheit and the wind made it feel even chillier. Since my return (to St. Marys) from the Bahamas I have yet to glimpse a patch of blue sky. And the Camden County High School swim team is swimming outside in the pool at Kings Bay. The security guard at the base gate laughed when I told him I’d just returned the Bahamas and the cold weather gave me a sinus head ache. Shock is what he said I was suffering from. Maybe I just need to get back to driving on the wrong side of the road.