Guest guest Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Well finally made it to Austin for Celtic Festival meeting. I now have a purpose again. LOL... Also won't have to commute back and forth that weekend as one of the gals offered me a space in her hotel room.. Whew! So much more fun if one can stay in the host hotel... On the way home almost had an up close and personal meeting with my maker. The last not quite 30 miles of the the trip is on a road that is slowly making a transition from a 2 lane country road to a split 4 lane highway. About 8 miles outside of Killeen I am driving along and all of a sudden there is a huge pick up truck turning left right in front of me.. If I had been driving 65 instead of 60 I surely would have hit him, when he turned in front of me there had to be no more that 3 feet of space separating us from oblivion... (well me anyway)... I braked and laid on my horn and said all sorts of naughty words to that person. Also so thankful that the person who had been riding my bumper for the 15 previous miles was not still doing so or he would have surely got me from behind when I braked so suddenly... I am so thankful that I got home safely, whew!... They used to call that stretch of road the Hiway of Death, as so many people (usually soldiers traveling from Fort Hood, to a night out on the town in Austin -- would kill themselves on that highway), now they call it the Phantom Warrior Highway... Not sure if that means there are ghosts roaming or what.. LOL... I will be so glad when they get the construction done on that road... Well enough of that...... Have a great day everyone... Jolene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 OOOOHHH Jolene, I am so glad you are alrighty and did not get in a crash. Thank YOU God!!! Ingrid > > Well finally made it to Austin for Celtic Festival meeting. I now have a > purpose again. LOL... Also won't have to commute back and forth that weekend > as one of the gals offered me a space in her hotel room.. Whew! So much > more fun if one can stay in the host hotel... On the way home almost had an > up close and personal meeting with my maker. The last not quite 30 miles of > the the trip is on a road that is slowly making a transition from a 2 lane > country road to a split 4 lane highway. About 8 miles outside of Killeen I > am driving along and all of a sudden there is a huge pick up truck turning > left right in front of me.. If I had been driving 65 instead of 60 I surely > would have hit him, when he turned in front of me there had to be no more > that 3 feet of space separating us from oblivion... (well me anyway)... I > braked and laid on my horn and said all sorts of naughty words to that > person. Also so thankful that the person who had been riding my bumper for > the 15 previous miles was not still doing so or he would have surely got me > from behind when I braked so suddenly... I am so thankful that I got home > safely, whew!... They used to call that stretch of road the Hiway of > Death, as so many people (usually soldiers traveling from Fort Hood, to a > night out on the town in Austin -- would kill themselves on that highway), > now they call it the Phantom Warrior Highway... Not sure if that means there > are ghosts roaming or what.. LOL... I will be so glad when they get the > construction done on that road... > Well enough of that...... Have a great day everyone... Jolene > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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