ANOTHER SCARY RIDE

  On December 20th, I wrote about traveling down the freeway at zero dark thirty and how scary I expected it to be. The day after that, I had another travel adventure was actually even more scary, but I’m happy to report I made it home without a problem.

It was the Northwest Driftwood Artists’ Christmas Party, so, of course, I had to attend…I am the newsletter editor after all. Getting there (Redmond) wasn’t a problem although it was raining just a bit. That all changed during the two-hour party.

When I came out, it was POURING. By the time I got on to the freeway heading north, visibility was almost nonexistent. Did anyone actually slow down? Absolutely not…the speed limit was 60 mph, so why on earth wouldn’t drivers actually do that speed.

I kept myself in the right-hand lane and thank heavens, there were other drivers who were as cautious as me. I didn’t do 60, and neither did the cars in front of me. Our top speed was about 45, maybe 50, and even then, the idiots who chose to not turn on their car lights were almost impossible to see.

It was raining so hard for the entire drive on the freeway, I thought it couldn’t possible rain any harder. Off the freeway and driving toward home on the Bothell-Everett Highway, Mother Nature chose to prove me wrong. What had been very little visibility became zero visibility and I seriously thought about pulling over and stopping. Unfortunately, I couldn’t see well enough to make that choice so I just cautiously continued.

By the time I made it home and into my garage, I was exhausted and the rain had diminished somewhat. I had lunch and decided to take a nap. When I got up, the sun was shining. I found myself wondering if I had simply dreamed that death defying drive home from my Christmas party. 

Now I’m wondering if it was a good idea we had no alcohol??? Probably, but I’m also wondering if I’d have been far less frightened while driving?