By the Roadside
One of the most common locations for me to drive is the on ramp to route 287. I go that way during my commute to work every week day. Some evenings and every weekend I go to Rockland county, also getting on 287 at that entrance.
For the past week, there has been a pair of mattresses by the side of the road there. A box spring off to the left just before the entry ramp and the mattress off on the shoulder to the right. It boggles my mind that someone could lose a mattress set while driving. If it did fly off the car, one would hope they would be aware of it. And for the two of them to sit for a week unclaimed and the town not clearing them just amazes me.
This morning on my way to Rockland, I was pleased to see the mattresses were gone. Not a sign of them remained. However, exactly at the same location on the road where the mattresses were, just at the beginning of the entrance ramp, was a pair of shoes. Just sitting there between the two lanes. Like the mattresses, they looked to be in perfectly good condition. Just sitting there in the middle of the road.
How does a thing like this happen? Losing something strapped to the roof of the car is one thing. After all, it’s already on the outside of the car. But, something that is normally found inside the car, and more usually on the feet of the occupants should never wind up in between two lanes of traffic.
All I know is I can hardly wait to see what appears there next. It’s like some sort of bizarre Advent Calendar in the road greeting me every day.
