Didn’t write about this before, but it’s worth writing about.
I had a ferry reserved for Dec 28th, Victoria to Vancouver.
Mom was worried about the snow but I wasn’t.
I drove slowly. The roads were covered in snow, but I thought once I got on the highway I’d be fine.
Nope! The hwy was worse! It was covered in a thin sheet of slippery snow!
I couldn’t keep up the 90 speed limit, nor the 60….I drove at 40km/h for the most part.
At one point, I spun out! I was perpendicular to the oncoming traffic!
Thankfully the oncoming traffic all stopped, and waited patiently for me to recover. I saw about 8 pairs of headlights! No one honked.
I tried 5 or 6 times to turn, and it finally worked.
I drove even more carefully after that.
The 45 minute drive was now doubled the time.
I was tense on the wheel the entire drive, and super careful. I tried to not accelerate too quickly, I kept steady as much as possible, and I tried not to stop at all.
Nonetheless, I spun out again about an hour later.
This time, a cab was near me. He drove past me. Someone behind me honked.
I tried to recover, but this time, I hit the back of Max with the side of the highway.
Ouch!
I thought, I’ll check the damage when I get on the ferry.
I got to the ferry, on time!
But the wait at the ticketing was long.
Eventually, we all got on the ferry.
I got out of Max and checked on him.
The ENTIRE bumper was gone!
WTF.
It was surprising, saddening, but a little amusing at the same time.
I called Bunny and asked about the road condition in Vancouver. Typical of him, he said I’ll be fine, just drive carefully. He did check the hwy cams though, and said it was fine.
I was thinking perhaps I should uber home. But then, it’s almost impossible to do it. Once off the ferry, it’s just endless highways.
I was pretty worried on the ferry. I tried to distract myself by reading a book about relationship secrets haha. It was called “Endless Honeymoons”. I tried to learn more about both John and Alex.
Waiting to drive off the ferry, I pulled out the Goddess of Compassion protection badge that Mom had just given me that day, and put it on the dashboard.
When I drove off the ferry, I did it super slowly. During this journey, I was so stressed I almost cried. But the road condition in Vancouver was excellent! No new snowfall, no snow/ice on the hwy. Thank God!
I made it home safely.
Thank you, Goddess of Compassion!