June 8, 2008
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Thankful to be alive!
We shot a wedding yesterday at a winery in the foothills, and had an exciting ride home after. Highway 49 winds for miles and miles through mountains and a canyon that the American River runs through with many twists and turns, so, late at night it’s always challenging to drive home. Kerri always says how she hates driving it because there are numerous bars and vineyards with late night drinkers out driving around when we leave.
While we were driving home, we had some impatient drivers on the road right behind us who apparently had too much to drink. Kerri pulled aside to let one go by. then as we came to an intersection where the road ended and you had to turn right or left (see map where 49 crosses the river near Auburn) the car behind us zoomed around us at the stop sign using the oncoming lane to make the turn ahead of us. Then I guess he had to show off how cool he was and hit the gas.
What happened next seemed like we were watching a stunt scene in a movie. The car fishtailed left and right several times before finally hitting the side of the mountain.and bouncing off it so hard that the entire car was up in the air, breaking both axels as it came back to earth. How it avoided going the other way and rolling down the canyon we’ll never know, but it was scary to watch. As soon as it was safe we drove up to see if they were okay. Incredibly all three young men were not hurt! But they were scared and shook up. They are very fortunate to be alive as are we….as this accident was a little too close for comfort!
We are thankful that the car wasn’t near enough to us to involve us, and that no one in the car was hurt. The lesson for everyone is how drinking and driving don’t mix, and not to be in such a stinking hurry!! What a waste of a beautiful shiny new mustang!The vineyard we shot at was between Lotus and Placerville at the beautiful David Girard Vineyard….a lovely spot for a wedding. Love their gorgeous sunsets… which you will see as we have 3 weddings there this season. We already shot 2 with one more in a few weeks… we are busily working on the images of the last 3 weddings….
Comments (6)
Praise God that everybody was protected… glad you’re home safe and sound:) Love, Gerrie
i’m glad that nobody was hurt! yeah, mountain driving is always dangerous…. especially at night!
WOW……….so so happy that no one got hurt. I am sure whoever was driving sobered up real quick when he seen his car all messed up! I hope that a lesson was learned by them all. Then again, THANK GOD no one was hurt! looks like you all are going to be busy for a while! THe slideshow was AWESOME of course! I love seeing your work! Thanks so much for keeping us all in the loop with your talents. Normally you would not be so blessed to see a professionals work, you would have to go to their studio to see this kind of work!
Kerri you look INCREDIBLE! Yeah the weight loss has been put on the back burner, but I am considering going to our local weight watchers for the support and to see what they have to offer. Do you do the online part too, where you can get support and information? Just wondering. Anywho, just wanted to stop by and see whats up. Keep up the awesome job on the weight loss…………..and keep on capturing those precious moments.. Good luck this season! Love you all!! Kimi
Glad you made it home safely:heartbeat: Would be really upset:( if you all got to go to heaven before me!
Randy
Wow — that’s a beautiful road in the daytime, but I wouldn’t want to drive it at night, with all the crazies out! So happy you were safely away from that accident (right by the Cool bridge?)!
Pretty frightening stuff. Crazy people out there. Thanks for stopping by (again). I’m a subscriber of yours so I always enjoy your blog entries. I hope you are well! – David