We made it home alive...
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| Thu, 08-04-2005 - 2:12am |
What a week we had. I am soooooo glad to be home in one piece.
About 2 hrs into the drive, our tire blew up. Its not fun cruising down the highway going 120km, and having a tire blow into millions of pieces. Some idiot who was tailgating us ended up hitting the small trailer we were towing, and that pushed it into a deep ditch that was on the passenger side of the highway. Thankfully, dh had pretty good control over the vehicle before the idiot hit us, and he was able to stop the truck from flipping on its side in the ditch. After we came to a stop, and realized we were ok, the moron took off, and left us there!
Anyways, I called my sister (who was ahead of us) to turn around and come back to help dh with the truck. The trailer was screwed, the back bumper on the truck was ripped off, the wheel well in the truck is all dented and twisted. We all stood there for an hour or so, trying to get the shredded traction from the tire pryed off the axle part, so they could change the tire. Amazingly, a short time later, my dad of all people pulled up to help us out lol. He has been out of town working for weeks, and I havent seen him in quite a while. He was driving by and thought he saw my dh! He put the trailer in the back of his work trailer and took that for us. We got the tire changed (thankfully, dh had a full tire for backup, not one of those wimpy point A-B tires)
Anyway, we got on the road eventually, and continued on the 7 hour drive. Once we got to the cabin we had a great time. It took me a few days to stop the shaking, and the flashbacks, but I got over it eventually!
All in all, it was an interesting trip...not one I want to redo anytime soon lol. Now we have to deal with the insurance company to get the truck fixed, but thats a whole other story!

Lesley,
That is so scary!!!!!!
Oh my goodness Lesley! How scary for you all. I am so glad you are all allright. I am glad you could still have a good time in spite of it.
OMG Lesley, HUGE, HUGE (((((HUGS)))) to you. I would have been frantic the whole time. I am so glad that everyone is ok though. I hate when people do that (hit and run), what an idiot!! Was Belle with ya'll, how did she react?
Olivia
&nbs
Glad you had a fun and safe trip and had a good time.
Happy to have you back.