the Accident
28 Julai 2020, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ 🌧 63 °F
Jan and I headed West to Granby to camp on BLM land. But things did not go as planned. We had difficulty finding the campsites and they were not well marked even on AllStays. and then we had no cell signal. I was passing a turn that had a campground sign and slowed to a stop just after I passed it. Jan did not think I was going to stop and turned her head to look at the sign. When she turned back, she did not have time to stop and rear-ended Vanette. Jan's little Prius was totaled, the front end smashed beyond repair. Other than a sore neck and ribs, she was not injured. Neither Jay nor I were injured. But Vanette took quite a bit of damage. The rear doors were smashed a bit but the real problem was that the bumper was smashed and buckled upward so I couldn't open the doors and couldn't get to any of my camping/cooking gear.
Some really nice guys heard the crash and came running. They had been camping nearby and knew just what to do. There was a camp host nearby that had a satellite phone. They went and got him and he was able to contact the sheriff department. So...
The deputy, a cop, and a medic all came rather quickly. One of them called a Tow truck and waited with us & helped the guy get the Prius loaded on the flatbed. Her car was taken to a tiny town named Kremmling where we had to spend the night.
There were only 3 hotels or rather 2 hotels and a small group of cabin with no one on site to even tell you if they had one available. One hotel was extremely expensive and didn't have any rooms anyway. The other was an old historic building and had one room available that we were able to book on-line. No one answered their phone. Each room had a theme & Jan got the John Denver room. It was small & Jan hated it but at least it was clean and had a shower.
They did not allow dogs so Jay and I ended up sleeping in Vanette.
Jan was able to contact her insurance agent. At least there was some cell phone service.
The next day I managed to get ALL Jan's stuff in Vanette and we drove to Castle Rock near Cindy's, Jan picked up a rental car and we went back to Cindy's.
We spent the next several days at Cindy'sBaca lagi