On a long drive home yesterday, after an open house at our investment property, my husband took an unexpected exit off the freeway. I asked him where he was heading, and he indicated that he thought the freeway was going to bog down up ahead at the transition to the next freeway we needed to take, so he was taking the back streets.
Well, maybe just that alone doesn't justify a blog posting, but it got me thinking.... You see, my husband doesn't usually take the back streets, it's me who is the back road queen, known in my small circle of friends as the "navigator", because I know all of the short cuts to anywhere you want to go.
Since we've lived in the Corona / Norco area for more than 15 years, and I've taken the kids to and from school daily for all of that time, plus driven them to sports and other activities, church, and friends houses, I spend a great deal of time on the road. Throw in the fact that I'm a Norco real estate agent, and am looking at or showing homes in all of the areas I might have missed with the kids, well I know this place like the back of my hand!
So, when traffic is heavy, or I just don't feel like going the "usual" way to get somewhere, I'll take the scenic route, even if it's not necessarily a lot faster. It just feels better to be driving through a nice neighborhood, or among the hills and trees, instead of the concrete jungle that is the more direct route.
I began to wonder as my husband took his exit off the freeway, and surprised me with his back street adventure, what other people are likely to choose... My way (off the beaten path), or the Highway (the most direct route that most others would take)?
What type are you?
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