Heart breaking...but it happens.
Tuesday afternoon we were headed back to Mexico after
spending a few days in El Paso.
So much of our travel is on
quiet "off the path" roads and this day was the same.
We
travel this road weekly...we know it well. There is no cel
signal on this road and not too
much traffic. As we were making our way
on this road, The Farmer came upon a car that was
driving slow and decided
to pass the car. He began his attempt to pass when the car
made a quick decision
to turn directly in front of us on to a ranch road. Our car hit the
back
half of the other car. The impact was very hard and every air bag in
our car activated.
It took a few minutes to gather ourselves, but
no one was gravely injured.
We are so grateful for that!
When everything stopped all that we could hear was the radio of the
other car playing...
and it was loud, which may explain why the
guy did what he did.
He wasn't paying a bit of attention to where he was
or what he was doing.
When The Farmer asked him why he attempted the
turn...
he replied that he was curious to see if the watering hole in the
distance had water in it.
Was he the owner of the ranch...no.
Just someone driving by.
It took about 30 minutes for anyone to pass by.
We stood and waited.
Soon the Border Patrol arrived who then called the police...
another
30-45 minutes until they arrived...good thing it wasn't an emergency.
Three hours later and just as a terrible thunder storm hit, our
totaled car was headed
to a salvage yard. A couple of our trusted
employees arrived to take us home.
We arrived home around 2 am, exhausted
and sore but grateful that
everyone was unharmed.
The Farmer gave the car to me as a Christmas gift and boy have I been
enjoying it.
It was so unexpected and just what I had been dreaming about.
I am grateful it can be replaced...
and more grateful that we walked away
from a very bad accident ok.
