Rescued... now off again
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![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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...
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...
Re: Wow...
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...
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