Welcome summer with its oddities

It is always interesting to see Santa Fe come alive in late spring and early summer. The sure signs are street sweeping machines pushing all of the winter debris into the gutters so that if/when we get rain none of the water can actually flow to the street drains. Then there is the annual repainting of yellow lane divider lines in the streets.

The city workers are to be commended on their ability to paint those lines right through potholes big enough to crack an axle or swallow a Mini Cooper.

And speaking of bumpy roads, why is it that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of speed bumps in neighborhood streets where few are needed, and yet on one of the busiest pedestrian ways in Santa Fe, Canyon Road, there are none (nor are there any trash receptacles).

Out-of-towners visiting from the surrounding states of oblivion, and yes locals as well, tear up Canyon much over the posted speed limit, and bikers (who are always ready to complain about drivers not “sharing the road”), happily head down Canyon Road against the one-way traffic, swerving from side to side to avoid oncoming cars and pedestrians who would just like a pleasant walk on our historic gallery row.

Ah, yes! Summer is here!

Tommy Thompson Santa Fe