Ok, so it’s a stupid title. I got nothing…
So, last weekend, we decided to take a quick trip to PA to visit my family since we were not going to travel over the Thanksgiving rush. We all had Monday off so we decided to leave WV Saturday morning pretty early so we could get to my parents’ house around lunch time.
We were making good time until right around Pittsburgh where it started raining…no worries, right? People drive in rain. It wasn’t 2 minutes after we hit rain when traffic came to a complete halt on the interstate. We sat for only a few minutes and then started easing forward. We stopped again on a long bridge where we could see the traffic ahead. As we sat watching the wreck clean-up, vehicles around us started sliding down the slope of the bridge….from a stand-still they were just sliding! The rain was actually ice and it was really bad!
We took it easy after passing the 6 vehicle wreck for a few miles until we came upon another stand-still. When it was all said and done, we ended up sitting in the second mess for over 2 hours. Salt trucks were trying to get by to treat the roads but were sliding sideways as well. It was fairly terrifying as semis were jack-knifed around us and all sorts of people were helplessly sliding…again, from a stand-still.
We checked online maps and there were 8 closures between where we were and where we were trying to get. Since we were still sitting on the interstate around the time we planned to get to my parents’ house, we decided to call it a day. We finally got moving again and took the next exit to find a hotel.
It ended up being a pretty fun time despite this appearance of the selfie I took in the car. We ate a nice meal and watched a movie together. It’s always fun when we get a chance to hang out in a hotel…without the usual home stuff to do, we get a chance to just goof around together…always a good thing!
So we made it to my home town on Sunday afternoon for a really quick visit so everyone could see my Novembeard crop which is much grayer than it was last time I saw my chin-whiskers…This weekend, it has got to go!
The gray is distinguished. Nice beard but like you better without it. Sorry, shave it off.
I got my Novembeard growing too and also had more gray than what I remembered. I’m not sure if in going senile or if there truly was more gray than I remembered. Either way, I’m getting older!
I’ve spent many an hour sitting in traffic on interstates. To me, it seems like they always happen right before I was ready to hit the next exit for a bathroom break.
I like it!!!
Just read your story to Butch, YIKES!!!
That happened to me one time when I was in the big high top van, very scary business. Glad you were all safe and sound and made the best of it!