Rescued... now off again

[jay]

Whew. Stranded in the dark with kids and Pat on the shoulder of I-5 near Coalinga... for hours... that wasn't fun. The tow cost me $155 and truck showed up around 2am... he dropped us off at the next exit, with whatever we could unload while the car was still lifted. Fortunately there was a motel with a room available... we crashed for a couple of hours there.

Meanwhile... my sweetie rocks. I sent an SOS to tenacious_snail... and she went to the airport, rented a minivan that could hold us all and our stuff at 1am, and drove the 2-1/2 hours alone down to rescue us, arriving around 4:45am. We loaded and she dropped us at home by 7:30am... watching a beautiful sunrise.

I showered, changed, re-packed and then Les picked me up at 8:30am to go to SFO airport for my flight to Atlanta...

Comments

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

I hope your trip to Atlanta goes smoother.

[p3aches.livejournal.com]

Lots of hugs. I leave around 5 today for my trip south. Hugs T

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

(hugs) on your own loss and a safe journey, dear.

Wow...

[radven.livejournal.com]

I probably drove right by you late last night. If we only had some sort of GPS friend tracker and chat system, I could have been your rescue.

Interestingly - my transmission is having some trouble too.

Hmm...

*hugs*

- chris

Re: Wow...

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

The minivan I rented had a vastly-inferior GPS system. I was glad to have it, though, as having lived in the East Bay for so long, the only route to I-5 that I knew of was taking 580. I think I'd *maybe* been over the Pacheco Pass once before, so directional assistance was much appreciated.

Re: Wow...

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

What are you driving? Hmm...

We were stranded seven miles south of the Harris Ranch exit from I-5, you might have vaguely seen our hazard flashers there between midnight and 2:30am. Sigh...

Re: Wow...

[radven.livejournal.com]

A Jeep Liberty.

I think I must have been a ways ahead of you. I probably passed Harris Ranch around 9pm.

Glad everyone is safe, and yep - Les is one awesome hero!

- chris

[simplykimberly.livejournal.com]

oh yes, your sweetie DEFINITELY rocks! Yay Les! And I'm glad it all worked out, in the end, even with all the hassle(s) (hugs)

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

thanks :-)

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

tenacious_snail most definitely rocks. So glad you all made it back safely... What a day!

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

If I am going to keep rocking like this, do you think I need to find a geologist to take a look at me?

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

heh... I know of at least one who would greatly enjoy it, albeit without hammer or dropper bottle. A hand lens might be fun, though...

[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

*beam*

thank you, dear.

Arrangements have been made with Pat for Kevin's overnight and geocaching. I've returned the rental car with utter ease, and am working on catching up on sleep.

I feel happy, loved, and glad to be part of such a wonderful network of friends/lovers/family.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Yay! I hope you can catch up on sleep soon!

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

I was dozy today, at one point dropping off in front of relatives in my parents' living room...