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November 6, 2005
White Knuckle driving
After a disappointing day at the races (none of my favorites ran well), I took my time getting home. First I got lost in Richland, which wasn't so bad because I got to drive through the Hanford Nuclear site, which I'd never done before. Then I finally found the road I was meant to be on in the first place. After about 45 minutes later, coming out of the Columbia River gorge, it started snowing. Not too bad, but enough to worry me since this was the lowest point on my drive home, which included going over one mountain pass and two tricky "hills". I called a friend to get some info and his reply was, "Is the pass still closed". Not exactly what I wanted to hear. Luckily it was open, but it was going to be a longer than expected drive. It became even longer about 30 minutes later, going up Indian John Hill. I lost control and starting spinning aimlessly down the highway at 40 mph. After a 70 to the left and a 630 to the right, I might have overcorrected, luckily came to a stop just off the roadway and without hitting anything. I was a lot more careful the last 95 miles of my trip, 60 miles of which was over the pass. I’m watching a report now talking about all the accidents on the pass last night and a rock slide that has closed the pass entirely.
So except for the 11 miles of running that I got in before the races yesterday it was a pretty poor day. Luckily, today is a new day, and the start of a new cross country year.
Miles this week: 46 miles, YTD: 2077.5 miles
Sun: 14 miles, Cougar Mountain
Sat: 12 miles, 7am w/ LWHS, 8 am w/MHS, 8:45 am w/ JG & BG
Fri: 6.5 miles, Pasco, 3.1 light tempo
Thurs: 0 miles
Wed: 0 miles
Tues: 7 miles, Central Park
Mon: 6.5 miles, Central Park
Posted by at November 6, 2005 6:48 AM
Comments
Wow, scary. I guess you did get lucky in that you and your car made it home safely.
Posted by: Alison at November 7, 2005 5:51 PM
THE GORGE????????????ARE YOU SURE!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: JW at November 8, 2005 7:22 PM