Stuck in the Snow!

I have vivid memories of my mother sliding into a muddy ditch when she first learned to drive the car. I was in the back seat.

I don't remember how we got back onto the muddy dirt road in the country. Perhaps a friendly farmer with a tractor came to our rescue. There would have been no cell phones to call for help back in the 1950s... as hard as that is to imagine! Did someone see us or did we have to look for a nearby farm?

Just yesterday a similar situation happened on our street. A school bus made a wrong turn. (They don't usually go down our narrow dead end street.)

In trying to turn around, the driver misjudged the driveway and drove into the ditch.








 

It totally blocked the road.













It took several hours for a large tow truck to come to the rescue.

It added a little excitement to our quiet winter day, but those of us who live at the end of the dead-end street were relieved to see it go.