Both Savannah and I had one of those moments today. Both are related...having to do with the second--which in reality was the first...but let me explain (from the end rather than the beginning).
I had thought today (May 15th) was the date of the Confederate style wedding we were/are going to. We arrived at the state park were it is to be held; the park ranger knew nothing about it, but we went ahead and went in and drove around; looking.
Finally, I called the A's...I only have their home phone and when Mrs. A answered, our wonderings got a little more confirmed. The wedding is actually to take place JUNE 15th!! I somehow completely missed that in reading the e-mail! (And I had read it several times!) I still feel completely dumb when I think about it...
Anyway, so while we were on our way, we had to turn onto a certain road. Well, I saw it at just the point where we were about to go past it...Savannah hit the brakes and went to take the corner (fairly fast). Thing is, we didn't exactly take the corner...instead, we angled across it and ended up bumping into a sign! She would have made it no problem, but the brakes locked up--at least, that's the only thing I can figure. We didn't leave any rubber on the road, but there was a mighty squeal! There is a second sign next to the one we hit (didn't really do any damage to us or the car at that point), and when Savannah backed up, she broke the side mirror on it and got wedged in there a little bit. She told me to get out and pull that sign forward a bit so we could get out. (Meanwhile, a lady in a pick-up truck had pulled over behind us.) SO...I got out of the car, in all my 1860's garbbed glory and grabbed the sign (on 4x4's!) and pulled it forwards just enough to let Savannah back out.
I went over to where the lady in the truck was sitting and talked to her a bit. She just wanted to make sure we were okay. I explained to her what happened (minus the brakes--I hadn't come to that conclusion yet). She said that she understood and had almost done the same thing herself not long ago--she was like, "I've lived on this road for years, but it was foggy and I almost missed it!" Anyway, no harm done, except to a side mirror and some pride, we continued off on our merry way--just to find, like I said, that we were a month off because I didn't read my e-mail carefully enough!
I just thank God that no one got hurt and that Savannah didn't hit that 4x4! That could have split the car wide open. Like I said to Savannah, "That happened so fast that my heart didn't even have a chance to speed up!" To calm any palpatations out there, Savannah never would have tried to make the turn if she didn't think she could do it--she is a good driver and the fact that the brakes locked up wasn't her fault. The fact that she straightened out kept us from either flipping or hitting the stop sign or the tree that was there. The brakes finally engaged once we got on the grass. God is good...
And now...how's about some pictures of our dresses?? :)
I had thought today (May 15th) was the date of the Confederate style wedding we were/are going to. We arrived at the state park were it is to be held; the park ranger knew nothing about it, but we went ahead and went in and drove around; looking.
Finally, I called the A's...I only have their home phone and when Mrs. A answered, our wonderings got a little more confirmed. The wedding is actually to take place JUNE 15th!! I somehow completely missed that in reading the e-mail! (And I had read it several times!) I still feel completely dumb when I think about it...
Anyway, so while we were on our way, we had to turn onto a certain road. Well, I saw it at just the point where we were about to go past it...Savannah hit the brakes and went to take the corner (fairly fast). Thing is, we didn't exactly take the corner...instead, we angled across it and ended up bumping into a sign! She would have made it no problem, but the brakes locked up--at least, that's the only thing I can figure. We didn't leave any rubber on the road, but there was a mighty squeal! There is a second sign next to the one we hit (didn't really do any damage to us or the car at that point), and when Savannah backed up, she broke the side mirror on it and got wedged in there a little bit. She told me to get out and pull that sign forward a bit so we could get out. (Meanwhile, a lady in a pick-up truck had pulled over behind us.) SO...I got out of the car, in all my 1860's garbbed glory and grabbed the sign (on 4x4's!) and pulled it forwards just enough to let Savannah back out.
I went over to where the lady in the truck was sitting and talked to her a bit. She just wanted to make sure we were okay. I explained to her what happened (minus the brakes--I hadn't come to that conclusion yet). She said that she understood and had almost done the same thing herself not long ago--she was like, "I've lived on this road for years, but it was foggy and I almost missed it!" Anyway, no harm done, except to a side mirror and some pride, we continued off on our merry way--just to find, like I said, that we were a month off because I didn't read my e-mail carefully enough!
I just thank God that no one got hurt and that Savannah didn't hit that 4x4! That could have split the car wide open. Like I said to Savannah, "That happened so fast that my heart didn't even have a chance to speed up!" To calm any palpatations out there, Savannah never would have tried to make the turn if she didn't think she could do it--she is a good driver and the fact that the brakes locked up wasn't her fault. The fact that she straightened out kept us from either flipping or hitting the stop sign or the tree that was there. The brakes finally engaged once we got on the grass. God is good...
And now...how's about some pictures of our dresses?? :)
I loaned Savannah my secession cockade...
Driving in a hoop isn't the most convenient thing in the world...
I already had the collar; it's perfect!
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