140+ Days

HOLY SHNIKES! I have 140+ days now, I lost count after day #113. That is AWESOME! I usually averaged like 60-70 days a season, depending on when Hidden Valley Ski in St. Louis opened and closed, so this is totally new to me! Haha! So stoked and I'm not over it by any means! I am kinda over the driving part, though... that's 140+ days of driving back and forth from Denver!

Unfortunately, our mountain assault vehicle is out of commision until hopefully tomorrow! I was driving home from uhhhhhh.... Copper, I think it was closing day or the day before that. Anyways, conditions downright sucked, but not bad. I drove in some snow, but that cleared up after Silver Plume. It snowed still, but didn't stick. It was big, wet snowflakes so I had the windshield wipers on fast and it was scary passing semis! When I hit Idaho Springs, it was starting to get foggy but not bad. As I got closer to the Golden exit where 70 becomes 3 lanes, I started seeing signs on the way saying, "Accident Ahead, 13 miles, detour in place at Exit 2 something." "Great, another jackass crashed and messed up traffic," I thought to myself. The irony of this is that 70 was closed that morning, but they reopened it at noon or so. They should had just left the damn highway closed, or at least at this section. As I got closer to the exit, WHOA. The fog became totally THICK, I couldn't see 10 feet in front of me clearly. I slowed down and was able to stop in time when I saw stopped traffic.

I'm sitting here, and I think, "Oh shit. I'm the last car now. I better not get hit."

OK, remember I said there were signs saying "Accident ahead", and the fog? Well apparently some people didn't put one and one together. PAY ATTENTION AND SLOW THE FUCK DOWN, AND YOU WON'T HIT ANYONE!

I'm watching my mirror, and it's so scary, haha... sitting duck, seeing headlights appearing suddenly and then swerving away. Some guy came and stopped behind me, and I sighed with relief... then he moved over. Damn. A SUV in the fast lane came FLYING and crushed the stopped car. The impact was so strong when they hit the snowbank, snow flew across all 3 lanes and covered my windshield completely. Fuck. No question about it, I'm definitely going to get hit. My boyfriend couldn't hold my hand and tell me it was OK, he had one too many drinks and was sleeping like a baby. I see another set of headlights in my mirror, really close to me now, and they finally swerved, but not before clipping the mountain assault vehicle. Well, at least the part where I was all like, "Fuck, I'm gonna get hit" was over now. The WRX that hit us went up the snowbank and was stuck there, and I waited for more cars to stop and back up traffic before getting out and seeing if the driver was OK. What, did you think I was gonna get out and stand on 70 in thick fog and risk getting hit? No sir, just waited for traffic to stop and back up. That didn't take long, and the driver was OK but his car was stuck. His car was messed up. From a quick look, he needed a new headlight, hood, bumper, left fender. Our Kia in comparison fared better, just needed a new taillight and bumper, and a little piece under the taillight. I helped the guy dig out his WRX and another guy came and offered to help tow him out with his pick up truck. While digging, a little SUV (Like a Honda CRV type) full of incredibly white boys my age were in the lane by the shoulder, so they were like right there. They just stared at us like, "Damn!" and laughed and kept pointing. I stopped digging and said loud enough for people to around them hear too, "Hey, you know, instead of sitting there laughing and fucking pointing [I do big exaggerated pointing motions like you see gapers do], you can come out and fucking help us, or shut up and keep driving [at this point they look straight ahead and roll up the windows]." Before the window shut all the way, I yelled at the driver, "COOL UNDERARMOR!!!!!!!!!!" and threw the horns. They probably thought I was a huge bitch but that made me feel better.

Thanks to the guy in the pick up truck and the SUV for helping us dig out the WRX, and a big thanks to everyone who asked if we were OK. I got the WRX's insurance info and we both parted ways. Got home safely and SLEPT. My boyfriend didn't remember a thing.

I have a bitchin Caliber for my rental, and IT SUCKS! It's a slow-ass car and it feels so weird when it shifts... the steering wheel jerks over and it feels like the car will spin out or slide off the road. Scary. And it shakes like crazy at 70+ mph.... haha.... my boyfriend calls people who ride on their brakes or use their brakes a lot "Brakey McFuckskins" and he called the Caliber "Shakey McFuckskins." Rather appropriate.