posted on Apr, 27 2024 @ 08:22 AM
a reply to:
WhitewaterSquirrel
It was a good week here. Spring is one of yhe best times of the year. I drove over to Cherokee, NC for their spring car show yesterday. It was
drizzling rain, just the perfect amount to make the mountains "Smoky". It was great. . .
. . . until the ride back, 😂. We made it back across the mountain to Gatlinburg, less than 2 miles from downtown, and the traffic was stopped.
I thought it was road work or just busy Friday evening traffic (5pm). I was wrong. A guy in a truck side-swiped a school bus. No one was injured, but
it left both lanes completely blocked.
Adding to that, we were in a spot where there was no cell service and no one seemed to have the common sense to walk the couple miles or do a u-turn
to Gatlinburg and make an emergency call.
I started the walk, but a guy asked what was going on when I walked past his car, then he got a bicycle down and road to town. I suppose that's who
made the call.
I still found it strange that no one just did a u-turn to go back to town. We would've, but we were on the opposite side of the accident.
Anyway, long story a little longer, we sat there for about an 90 minutes before it got cleared up. Not really too bad, considering the location and
type of accident.
Other than that it was a great time. My sister won $70 at the casino and I saw some great cars.