From Yakima to CDA - Petrified Forest and Distress

Friday, July 28, 2006

Trying to make the by-line interesting enough for you all to come on in.
I did leave Motel 6 of Yakima, and started driving home. The plan was to arrive before lunch, to be able to try and catch up on my work back in the office. But, as you know, plans are made to change. And that they did.
In driving, I saw a sign that I’ve seen many times before - to the Petrafied Forest State Park, exit 136 off I-90. So, I thought today was the day to check it out. It was pretty interesting, though I think I would visit the interpretive center first, then hike around the 22 logs they have out in the wilderness. What I found interesting, was the couple dozen species that they’ve found in just the little area.

After leaving there, I was just driving down the road, minding my own business, and I saw a car drive into the median a bit, then a huge cloud of dust engulfed it. 2 cars in front of me didn’t stop, so it was my turn and I did, fearing the worst. The car didn’t flip over (for which I was thankful) and the lady driving seemed be to just fine (again - wasn’t sure what to expect, but this was a very good thing.) I stopped, asked if she was ok (I was expecting a heart attack or something) and she said she was fine. So I called 911, got the operator, who transferred me to the State Police, which went to a busy signal. I let it buzz for a bit, hung up and called back. Got a different operator and she said that don’t hang up on the busy signal, it’ll go through. (My thought - with the technology we have, can’t we develop a system where you don’t hear a busy signal when being transferred? Especially the 911 system?) But I digress. ((I am thankful for the system, which worked flawlessly, save the busy signal!)) So I waited with this lady till help arrived.
About a half hour later an Officer drove up and took over the situation. Made it home by oh, 3:00, so it was. No worries, not in the right frame of mind to concentrate much anyhow.