Here we are beginning December! We received the first snow of the winter here, and the “coffee shop wisdom” we share reminded me of the old saying: whatever day of the month you receive the first snow, you will have that many snows after. That could mean 28 or 29, which would mean a lot of snow.
Yesterday I drove slowly to town, and the road was OK.
When I came home, the snow had begun to melt on the blacktop, Driving slow again, I met a pickup with a snow plow on the front and thought I would give him plenty of room. I did, but when I moved over the tires of the car were on the edge where the ground wasn’t frozen underneath. You guessed it. I slowly slid into the ditch.
There was no backing out. There was no traction to get on the snow-packed slippery road. Thank heaven for the driver of the pickup. He saw what happened and backed up to see if he could pull me out, and he did! He said he thought he could put a chain on the back and pull it if it was OK with me. I didn’t get his name, but when I offered to pay him, he wouldn’t take it. It wasn’t his fault I slid, but he was so kind to watch and be sure I was OK.
I continued my trip home, and doggoned if a car came up behind me and passed going at a high speed. He or she must be a better driver than I, because neither one of us ended up in the ditch. By late afternoon the blacktop was clear of most of the icy snow.
