It's still all about the snow. With record-breaking snowfalls in the Inland Northwest, one can only wonder if global warming really is affecting us here in Idaho. I know that sounds ridiculous, but GOOD GOLLY that's a lot of fluffy white stuff out there. And since my loving father decided to break the only snow shovel that we had between my brother's house and ours...well we're pretty much buried in for awhile. Coeur d'Alene apparently didn't anticipate this storm and is completely sold out of shovels. Just my luck.
Our first real encounter with this storm occured last Sunday after our trip to Lookout for a day of snowboarding. Needless to say, the powder was plenty and the snowboarding was a blast. The drive home, however, was a different story. We decided to take advantage of the "Buy 1, Get 1 Free" coupon that we received on the back of our lift tickets for the McDonalds in Kellogg (yay fast food!)... the exit from the freeway was pretty much just a large pile of wet, slushy snow so we ended up doing a 540 on a ridiculously narrow offramp, almost falling down a cliff into some person's backyard. Thank my lucky stars that Grant is a very good driver, otherwise I may not be typing right now. But the Big Mac was tasty and made the adventure almost worth it.
The drive home from Kellogg was pretty nasty, going about 40 miles per hour the whole way. Just as we got into Coeur d'Alene, a Honda SUV passed us going a little too fast. He had just pulled into the right lane when Grant said, "I'm sick of the freeway, let's get off at this exit." At that very same moment, the Honda that passed us lost control and flipped on its top after spinning about 4 times in the middle of the freeway. Had Grant not decided to get off an exit early, we for sure would have been crumpled into a tangled mess of broken-ness. I can only hope that the people in that car were okay...we didn't hear any news about it, so hopefully that's a good sign. The whole thing terrified me completely and made me thank my lucky stars that we made it home safe and sound.
Other than that...life is grand! I'm seeking out a very exciting opportunity....which I'll update upon later if things work out...
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Oh My Goodness! I know this over a week old, but still! I'm glad to hear good old Grant was taking care of you with his awesome driving skills. Kudos to him! :)
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