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Well.
Here we were,
stuck.
In the ditch.
On a mountain.
With no cell phone reception.
At least I had something to occupy my time!
Visibility at this point was not bad at all…
Paul got out,
with some difficulty, as his door was wedged shut.
When he jumped out he was knee deep
in snow.
He climbed up the mountain beside us,
and was able to get a signal up top,
and call for a tow truck.
Then he slid back down.
Here we all are!
Stuck.
Now winter coats,
no gloves or boots,
no shovel.
Decidedly unprepared for winter driving.
A highway patrol officer stopped by to check on us,
then since we were already awaiting a tow truck,
left to go check on a collision elsewhere.
Then commenced the waiting.
Paul was in and out,
making sure the tail pipe was clear.
He got rather cold.
I was the mean mom and wouldn’t let the kids out to play on the mountain side.
Who knew how long the wait would be for the tow truck, right?
Well, we were surprised when he pulled up
about one hour after our call!
Not bad at all, considering we were 40 miles from Globe!
The first thing he tried was pulling us backward,
downhill and out the way we came into the snowbank.
That got us further downhill,
but he couldn’t get us out of the ditch.
So he drove around front
and hooked us up
to try to pull us out frontways.
Unfortunately,
he only had 2wd, and couldn’t get enough traction.
We were woeful as he departed,
promising to send the 4wd truck our way as soon as possible.
Then commenced the second wait.
About 3 hours after we slid ditchward,
tow truck #2 arrived.
It was big and beefy,
and had a two man team.
Things were looking up.
Tightening up the winch…
Slowwwwwwly….
And….
We’re out!
Now we just needed to follow them to the nearest pull off
Where we parked,
Let the kids and dogs stretch their legs,
and Paul climbed in the truck to take care of payment.
It was more than double the price the first tow guy quoted,
but then,
it was more than double the truck.
And they got us out.
Totally worth $225.
Though we were out of the ditch,
we were not out of the storm,
and drove very circumspectly the rest of the way to Globe.
On the way into town
we finally saw some light…
And thanked the Lord repeatedly for caring for us
along the treacherous journey.
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