A Cone-vention

Day 96: There's a cone-vention going on at one corner of the intersection of Center Street and Washington Avenue! Although I don't have the data to support this assertion, I would bet good money that per capita, Eatonville has more road cones than any other city in the Pacific Northwest, maybe even the world. Except for a very few who are standing duty elsewhere, they've all gathered at this one location to prevent passersby from stumbling into a narrow gravelled area between the grocery store parking lot and the newly-laid sidewalk. Exactly why the intersection needed to be reconstructed is anyone's guess, this from the city which a few years ago, installed four-inch wide water barriers between their sidewalks and the roadways, barriers over which I've tripped far too many times; this from the city which diverts cars pulling away from the parking strips into traffic by means of similar barriers placed at the ends of each city block. Someone in Eatonville has a lot of spare concrete on their hands, and must have failed to attend the "safety" session of Roadway Design 101. Keep that in mind as you're driving through. Not all hazards are as clearly marked as this one!