Saturday morning means leaders meeting for Jenee and I. We have been up since 4:45am this morning. Just to chase a rabbit trail, how come we can get up on the spot for Saturday at 4:45, but on monday, we will probably sleep in till 8:30am and be later than we'd like for work?
Anyway, this morning was nothing out of the ordinary, we got ready, breakfasted, coffee'd and dressed and were out of the door at 5:20, on time. We made our way onto the Interstate headed for Ocala and hit cruise at 75mph (120kph).
About 20 minutes into it, Jenee and I started small talking as lets face it, no one should have a deep conversation before 10am. As we were talking, an F-150 started to move up on us in the middle lane and as it got along side, the vehicle started to move over on us. Remembering that it was pitch black, I see the car in the corner of my eye a moment before it's too late and pull an emergency manouver to save the day. At those speeds, pulling any kind of evasive manouver is hair raising and Jenee and I, now extremly alert and hearts pounding from adreniline are shocked to observe the driver continue on, swerving in and out of lanes. Praise the Lord there were so few people on the road, otherwise something terrible may have happened.
After that little incident we were shaken but not stirred (sorry for the 007 reference, actually, no I'm not). We settled down, 5 minutes from Ocala and there was no one on the road. Out of no where there was something about 30 yards on the road infront of us! Again, with cat like reflexes I swerved around the obstical and there was a small impact. This time Jenee and I are really shaken and stirred and my adreniline was pumping for a good 5 minutes.
So there you have it, two near accidents before 6am in the morning. How was your Saturday morning?
1 comment:
oh wow, I'm glad you guys made it safely there and back.
You might have to start installing Speed-Racer-like gadgets on your car, like springs that make you jump over cars.
Have a safe rest of the weekend!
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