Route 41

Those of us who often use Route 41 receive frequent reminders that it's summertime -- say, every Friday afternoon and Sunday evening, when beach traffic strains the highway's capacity and makes it even tougher than usual to pull out at the Chatham blinking light. It's easy to spot the vacationers: they're the ones with folding chairs, bikes, suitcases and sometimes boats attached to their vehicles.
A few weeks ago we were discussing where to have Sunday supper and we briefly considered one of our favorite family restaurant, located smack on Route 41 in Avondale -- until we realized it was late Sunday afternoon. Probably not good timing.