We have met many friends over the years since we have been "On the Road" and Marlene an Herman are among our cherish friends. They were from Parry Sound ON but downsized a couple of years ago and moved to Blight, ON. We met them 2 weeks ago for a short visit and arranged to have breakfast at their Park today. I knew they had a accident on the 28 th Dec, 2 years ago on there way down to TX so I was very interested on how and why it happened and I knew they had pictures of the incident.
From their home in Parry Sound to the Border at Sarnia is a couple of hours and they had just crossed into Michigan when a light snow started to fall. The roads where snow packed so Herman realized the road was slippery so he slowed to 70 KPH. Herman did not feel anything abnormal until Marlene noticed the 32 ft 5th wheel trying to pass them. Herman then went into "recovery mode " but with a 6 ton RV in control the results were obvious and they knew it so they just went fore the ride. Luckily the weight of the RV ripped the 5th wheel out of the truck but not until it damaged the side of the truck and broke the back window. Marlene and Herman were not hurt and the truck was drivable how the 5th wheel rolled on to it's side and was a right off.
I won't bore you with more details except to say the insurance help them purchase a new RV and they got their truck repaired in less than two weeks and were on the road to TX by the 19 th Jan. It was a Bad news; Good News story.
Our next door neighbors , Bya and Roy from Dauphin, MB, who we befriended years ago, received an emergency call on Friday, 6 March from a daughter in Edmonton who was scheduled to have a operation on Friday, 13 March and wanted her parents to be at her side. So I told them we would help pack up as they would not be returning this winter. They did not know the quickest route to Edm, so we also lay ed out a trip map so they could get to Edm by Thursday as the GPS routes uses the Interstates and they go East, West, North South and of course going to Edm is at a 45 degree and we have done it more than once.
We got Roy and Bya on the road by 12:30 on Sunday, just about the time it started to rain ( Surprise Surprise) again. It continued to rain into the night. If they don't encounter any problems they should arrive in Edm by Thursday.
Carroll needs ( like a hole in the head) another large Mexican flower pot so we went to the Pot Store to find that "Special Pot" and there are at least a thousand to chose from. We have select a pot but will not pick it up until we are ready to leave here, which may be sooner that we had planned if the rain does not stop.
We then returned home to watch the final game in the Brier, which as we all know was a great game. cheers
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