Speaking of SUVs in Northern Virginia

SUV in the water in Costa Rica. Photo from MotoAdventures.

Re: the blog entry today about the need for SUVs in Fairfax County in bad weather... I distinctly remember reading a piece in the Washington Post last summer about a stretch of creek-stream between Fairfax County and an adjacent county that links two roads, but there is no road, and commuters are now driving through this creek daily to save a bit of time.
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Mattwdc found the article, "Pocked Paths Now Commuter Corridors: In Crowded Loudoun, Avoiding Traffic Means Enduring Bumps," which has this photo of a non-SUV off-roading in Northern Virginia. Maybe if Richard White lived down the street from here, an SUV might be justifiable, even though this Jaguar, famed for unreliability, seems to be doing okay...

Ed Taylor, a Centreville real estate agent, pauses only momentarily before driving his Jaguar into the waters of Bull Run at Peach Orchard Lane, where the shortcut into Loudoun County breaks, requiring the dip into about a foot of water. (By Tracy A. Woodward -- The Washington Post)

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