A Moment in Time...

You never know how precious life is until something bad happens...I was in a serious automobile accident Tuesday afternoon on my way to Soldotna for a work meeting the next day. The good news is that I was able to walk away without serious injury. The details are below...

The accident occurred between mile 38 and 39 on the Sterling Highway (4 miles from the Y) just before the Davis Creek Bridge heading towards Cooper Landing. I hit a patch of black ice and was unable to successfully correct the slide. The momentum carried me off the road into the rock face. The impact propelled me into the air where I proceeded to topple end over end while also rolling. I hit the ground twice before coming to a stop upright on all four wheels. The passenger side of my car sustain the majority of the damage and I was able to immediately exit the vehicle.

It is important to note that bad things can happen even when you are doing the right things - I was not speeding, not playing with my iPod, not on the phone and had both hands on the wheel when I hit the ice. I felt the Great Spirits of my ancestors wrap me in their protective arms as I became airborne and for this I am forever grateful. Besides being alive and relatively unharmed, I am most thankful that I did not have a passenger in the car as I am not convinced that that person would not have been injured.

For the most part I am doing ok, soreness mostly. Mentally I am working things out. Mary come into town on Wednesday. Fortunately she has a job that allows her to work from home and can stay in Seward for a few days while I regroup.

Today is Friday and I am on the mend. Soreness was the worse today but should now start to get better. First day without a headache and I am less foggy then the previous 3 days. Life is still good, this was just a major bump along life's path.

Love you all - Ginger

I had to brush the snow off - but here are the pictures we took when we went to empty the car today. While the car is totaled it did not look as bad to me today as it did on Tuesday. Go figure...

Note that the driver's side was relatively untouched.

Inside passenger side

Passenger side of the car - first bounce was on the front end, second on the roof

Back end - driver's side where I hit the rock face. The back axle is bent and the bumper is slightly detached. This could have been a lot worse as I was expecting to take the full force on this side when I hit the rock face.