I had a couple extra hours in the afternoon so instead of waiting until 5 to have dinner with my friend Heather, we grabbed an early one while my laundry finished. I wanted to get up the mountain before it got to late.
The flurries stopped..not much on the ground down here, only an inch or so at Eaglerock..should be fine.
About 5 miles up the mountain the fog was so intensely think I switched the car to first gear and crept along the mountain, curve after curve. Slow going. Slow and steady. Every so often I pulled over to let other cars pass.
"God, please please let the worst of the curves be clear of fog." Up ahead I knew there was a set of curves that slowly wind back down a bit. Thankfully- ANSWERED PRAYER! The curves were clear. Still winding slowly as it flattened out and then when up hill, I came up to several stopped cars. I thought..Oh no, what is going on, please don't let it be an accident. 2 cars were off to the side of the road and I had to stop completely- on a sheet of sheer ice..the fog was freezing to the road. A little snow along the edges but that was not so bad. Why were they stopped? Across the road ahead of me was a van..turned completely sideways. Oh no, it
looks like one of ours. Praying and sitting there i watched as a large red truck pulled the van-straightening it out.
Could I inch forward? Spin, spin, spin. oh no, I'm stuck here on the mountain, I have no service. Those are people I know!!! What is going on?! One of the cars off to the side must be 4 wheel drive, it gets going again. The other attempts to turn around..sliding across the road in front of me, it winds up facing down hill. I'm still stuck. Lights are coming up behind me..where are my flashers...WHY doesn't the car have interior lights?! (Not driving my own car- a base vehicle that currently has MUCH better tires than my own..) Finally with the use of my phone i find the flashers. A jeep is pulled up right behind me. I'm crying, God help me get out of here. Thank you for getting me here safely so far. I realized the jeep had pulled up so far I couldn't let my foot off the break and I couldn't go forward. A snow plow came and went around us, between me and the car facing down hill. The jeep creeps around me on the right, and I slid over to the freshly graveled path and catch the tires. YES..I can move!!!
Around the bend I see the maroon van, it's been pulled off to the side, who is it? Several of the girls, my friend Hannah on staff is driving. Two of the girls get in with me, and the man who pulled them to safety is a deputy in Denver. He helped them get the van to a level spot and then dropped the other 2 off at Eaglerock. Thankfully we all made it safely home.
We tell our story and hug in relief. Thankful for God's protection and the help of others.
That's not all....
3:30 am..there is a knock on the door. What time is it? why are they knocking?!
"Quick get to the gym. The fire alarm is going off in the dining hall. Get out!"
Stumbling in the dark Hannah and I find our boots and coats and run up the gym. There is smoke, but it doesn't look too be too bad. Shivering we wait, all the DTS is at the Xgames so there weren't many to get to the gym. A garbage can was on fire. Ashes thought to be out, had been put in there and through the night had smoldered and caught the trash on fire...causing the dining room to fill with smoke. One of the guys on our staff took the can and threw it outside, so everything was okay. It was just a long night before the smoke was clear enough for the alarm to stop.
In less than 12 hours, there had been more craziness than I'd been around in a while!
We are thankful and blessed that everyone is fine, and all is well!
Stay tuned..my life is never boring. (how can it be?!)
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