Still on vacation. Still continuing the "light-hearted" themed blog posts.

One of the greatest parts about coming back to Fort Wayne from time to time is to see how the city grew and changed while I was gone. I was driving from CJ's to my Dad's yesterday and I came across something particularly odd.

I usually take the back country roads because County Line Road and Aboite Center are pretty hilly, which makes it a blast to drive. Aboite Center takes me past my old Middle and High School, but it also takes me past Eggeman Rd.

I used to run Eggeman when I was in Cross Country. Eggeman was great for one reason: it was exactly a mile long, thus a return trip was exactly 2 miles long.¹ However, Eggeman was awful for three reasons

1. It was a gravel road so I am pretty sure your lungs were cleaner after smoking a pack of cigarettes than compared to running the road.
2. There was no shade and it was always hotter than a Hell²
3. Since there was no pavement, running it just killed your legs

But it is point three that I found odd yesterday when I drove by. It appears they have put in a sidewalk along Eggeman Rd. Now, while I would have loved that for Cross Country, as a home-owning, taxpayer I have to admit I find that odd. Apparently the county decided the road was important enough to pave a sidewalk, but not important enough to pave the road itself.

C'est la vie dans Fort Wayne, IN

And P.S. yes I was nerdy enough to pull over and document the above photo.