Friday, December 17, 2010

Quebec Run Doozy


I had myself a little adventure on Saturday, December 11. After hiking my ass back up out of Quebec Run (#92), and working up a hellvua sweat, the Subaru was navigating a very snowy, hilly, bendy dirt road coming out of Forbes State Forest. Going downhill around a bend, the car became unresponsive and slid sideways off the road and slammed into a tree. Watched the window vaporize on impact.

So, with the sun already below the hills and my car off the road with a tree embedded into the rear passenger door, it wasn’t looking good for the home team. Had to rock it back and forth and gun it farther *down* the hill to get off the tree. The good news was I was clear; the bad news was the car couldn't climb thru ruts & snow back to the road. The car was instead following a plow line of sorts angling away and down. Had to rock the car back and forth and gun it in reverse farther *down* the hill, to attain an angle where the spinning tires could actually gain purchase and finally launch back up onto the road. Whew, I was out!

Got a little drafty with that window open, so I donned hood and gloves. Saw a couple trucks spinning out on the way out, but stopped anyway for a few casts on Mill Run before getting back to pavement…looked promising, but no luck. Dropped the car off in Shaler Monday morning and biked in to work. Thanks to the good news at State Farm for taking care of me...might have a new fishing vehicle soon.

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