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When In Rome..A Vacation From Hell...A blogop |
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| It all began on a rainy weekday in July of 2007!?Here's what happened:
Being partially disabled, sometimes can feel as bad as being a quadraplegic...you can't qualify to do any help when things are going bad or when you can, the quality of work you do is not always up to qualifications.?Sometimes, it can be so bad, you wish you were on Komodo Island, away from all civilization collecting items from a quary like quills.??I was unable to do much of anything on this particular occassion except watch, hold my breath and squint my eyes at the worst of times, and watch, hold my breath and squint my eyes while cheering on my hubby who was doing the driving.?I'm such a quack when it comes to dangerous situations and this was definitely one of those.The rain was continually falling harder and harder.?It was getting tough to see, not to mention drive.?However, there was little choice when being evacuated from the Guadalupe River camp ground because of rising floodwaters.?Fifteen feet of water was expected!?We were in a quandry as to where to go, or which directions, so, as we watched the other campers filing out one by one, we quickly decided that "when in Rome..." and we followed them as well.?We headed for the Lake, about 30 miles from where we were currently and it didn't take a quantam physics major to know that it was going to be very slow going!?The inside of our truck was very quiet and the stillness was almost deafening.?After what seemed like hours, on this tiny quaint river road, filled with other evacuees, we came to a standstill.?We were trying to see what the problem ahead was but were still too far back and could not yet see what lay ahead.?It was a quark.?We felt like we were in a quassar, and should have taken Quantas Air somewhere tropical instead of camping!?While we were sitting there, I called my friend Quintinella about her quatro daughters quincinieras.?I was making them all quilts of yarn for their gifts.?Paul made a comment that we would have been better off being a giant quadraped, so that we could just step over whatever was in our path.?This quirky situation was beginning to wear on his nerves, not to mention that it was quick becoming a very expensive vacation.?How does one quantify the expense of a vacation from hell?? |
| How does one quantify the expense of a vacation from hell??Well, lets keep going shall we...we're not done yet!Our "Queen of Vacations From Hell" was starting to show an ugly face.?After another half hour, we finally made it to the problem...this after watching other "unattached" vehicles turn around and go the other way....not doing anything for our confidence....!?The river had crossed over a low lying part of River Road and we were going to have to drive through the turrential water to keep going.?We were unable to turn around.?The water was raging across the road and as I again, held my breath, Paul said, "When in Rome...do as the Romans do" after each of us said a silent prayer, looked lovingly at each other then I planted my head between my knees (as best as I could) and we charged full speed ahead!!!We slipped a bit but made it through and once at the end of River Road, we pulled over to check for any water damage.?God is good.?Not a drop got inside the camper!?What a blessing.?It took a bit for the truck and trailer brakes to dry out so we took it slow for quite some time!The end of this story will be another chapter.....The vacation from Hell got worse!?Believe it or not!Here are some pics of that part of our trip;
We all began tearing down camp.10 campers total in our group...all leaving.This is our truck following one of our fellow campers...we watched them charge through before we did it!?As if we had any choice.?We followed as closely behind them as we could so that some of the displaced water would continue pushing away from our vehicles.?It was about 3 feet deep in the center and was moving about 45mph.We survived!?Woot Woot!Just goes to show you that when in Rome..... |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 17 July 2008 )
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