Tis the season of flaggers and pilot cars.

I helped my dad move in Wapiti last weekend with a couple coworkers (no, the Tribune editorial staffers are not professional movers and we're still hurting) and as I was coming out of the tunnels at the reservoir saw one of the clearest signs that it is indeed spring in Wyoming: construction yellow.

Yes, WYDOT is working on U.S. Highway 14/16/20W just beyond the canyon, necessitating an average two minute wait while vehicles are led from one side to the other of a single lane.

Work is also underway at the Road 2AB intersection on U.S. Highway 14A heading into Cody, although thankfully that has only meant a one day closure of the county road at the intersection, while both lanes of the highway have remained open.

Driving through construction is a hassle, but it's a worthwhile one.

On the North Fork, the work will include construction of a 12-foot-high gabion rock wall west of the cliff diving location, while the remainder of the slope will have machine-placed rock riprap placed on the slope to protect the roadway.

That should mean less impact from rockfall just in time for a mass of tourists to begin making their way to Yellowstone next month.

And for those who regularly drive to Cody, adding a right turn lane onto Road 2AB just before the highway dips down to the river will allow the 70 mph flow of traffic heading into Cody to be unobstructed by vehicles slowing to a near stop to turn onto the major county road north of Cody.

Willwood area residents understand as well as both the highs and lows of construction, as the first phase of the county work to rehab the road between Wyo. Highway 295 and Road 18 was finished last year, with phase two (roughly the eastern half of the roadway) to begin this year.

While it's a pain to deal with areas under construction, I for one appreciate the new surface on the road as I drive up into the McCullough Peaks or take the scenic route to Powell from my home outside Ralston.

So, please slow down and drive safely in construction zones, and remember the feeling of driving on newly paved or expanded roadway as you wait for a pilot car or slow down on the highway as you near a flagger.