The lull is over. People are back to work. Youngsters are back to school.
Football season is here.
Stores are stocking shelves for Christmas. What makes this Tuesday and days to follow so terrible will be, like the name of this column, getting around. It will be slower. It will seem as if the drought and heat shrunk our transportation infrastructure over summer. I'm estimating 50,000 more vehicles a day will be traveling the region's tortuous road system after the three-month hiatus.