Things to do before you're 30 #7 - Drive on a long straight American Road
There are many things I want to do in my life; Go to Australia, Drive from LA to NYC, Engineer FOH on a production tour to name a few.
Today I got to do one of my "must do" things. Drive down a long straight road in the middle of nowhere! Here is a photo blog of this happening and it eventually all going wrong!
1> Rob and I set off in an optimistic manner.
2> We drive out of built up Vancouver on Route 1 and eventually pull off onto a random road. A few turns later the GPS dumps us on this road. Looking good, but still a few many trees for my liking, could do better to live the dream! (You will notice that it has been snowing)
3> Victory is mine! I have found that dream road! Miles of nothing!
4> And the same, just slightly blurred!
5> Then all of a sudden slip on some ice and skid off the road. Car stops about 2 ft from big ditch. Flag a car. Drives Past. Truck goes past. Covers Rob and I in Sludge. Do'h! Walk to nearby farm, no one in. Things are looking bad. Car from before comes back. And stops. Offers to tow us out. Driver says he knows a few people have been killed from the same thing happening when car has gone in ditch. Shock starts to set in. Get Pulled out of verge. This was what was left of the verge. You cant see the road, but skidded in from top right of the image. You can see the place where the wheels spun on initial attempt to get out. Other tracks are where car was pulled out.
I must point out that we are only traveling 25mph. Snow is nasty. I lived the dream of driving down a long straight road in (North) America and survived! Get in!
Another thing I want to do is drive from Los Angeles to New York. Here is a cool video of a guy who has done just that.
There are many things I want to do in my life; Go to Australia, Drive from LA to NYC, Engineer FOH on a production tour to name a few.
Today I got to do one of my "must do" things. Drive down a long straight road in the middle of nowhere! Here is a photo blog of this happening and it eventually all going wrong!
1> Rob and I set off in an optimistic manner.
2> We drive out of built up Vancouver on Route 1 and eventually pull off onto a random road. A few turns later the GPS dumps us on this road. Looking good, but still a few many trees for my liking, could do better to live the dream! (You will notice that it has been snowing)
3> Victory is mine! I have found that dream road! Miles of nothing!
4> And the same, just slightly blurred!
5> Then all of a sudden slip on some ice and skid off the road. Car stops about 2 ft from big ditch. Flag a car. Drives Past. Truck goes past. Covers Rob and I in Sludge. Do'h! Walk to nearby farm, no one in. Things are looking bad. Car from before comes back. And stops. Offers to tow us out. Driver says he knows a few people have been killed from the same thing happening when car has gone in ditch. Shock starts to set in. Get Pulled out of verge. This was what was left of the verge. You cant see the road, but skidded in from top right of the image. You can see the place where the wheels spun on initial attempt to get out. Other tracks are where car was pulled out.
I must point out that we are only traveling 25mph. Snow is nasty. I lived the dream of driving down a long straight road in (North) America and survived! Get in!
Another thing I want to do is drive from Los Angeles to New York. Here is a cool video of a guy who has done just that.
Labels: crashing, Driving, holiday, snow, things to do before you're 30, vancouver
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