One snowy Saturday uncle Billy and his family were going to a wedding. The roads were very bad, but it was time to go and go they went. They were approaching the main highway when a big 4-wheel drive truck was leaving the highway onto the farm road. The truck began to slide across the farm road toward the family station wagon. Uncle Billy tried to slow down and move over to give the big truck as much space on the narrow road as he could. Unfortunately the edge of the road dipped and uncle Billy slid right into the ditch. He knew if he stopped they would be stuck for a long time in the cold, so he stepped on the gas, rounded the corner where the ditch met the main highway and increased speed as he rocked the car left and right to build up momentum. His hope was with time and distance he could get high up enough on the right side of the ditch and then quickly turn left and pop out onto the main highway. He was doing fine when he noticed there was a tree growing up in the ditch just about 20 feet ahead of the car. It had to happen and happen right now! Uncle Billy popped up onto the highway and was headed in the right direction to get to the wedding. Billy's wife was impressed that he made it out of the ditch, especially because her side of the car was scraping the ground during the rocking motions. She asked him how he managed to have time to look to see if there was traffic coming at them. Uncle Billy looked at her and said, "I didn't have time to look, just had hope there wouldn't be anyone coming in the bad weather."
Copyright Bill Weber 2018 and beyond.
Copyright Bill Weber 2018 and beyond.
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