Stella gets stupid

On Friday night we decide to take a ride, grab some ice cream and take a scenic route home. So we're driving and I, of course, have the camera glued to my hand shooting random pictures out the window as we drive.

Here's Dac driving us on our leisurely trip.




So we continued on our happy way, enjoying the scenery and loving life... when out of the blue...this deer pops out. See exhibit A.

Exhibit A:

Please also notice that there is a car quickly coming upon us. To be exact, it's a Trail Blazer. Dac, gracefully misses the deer. The same little deer, (for the purposes of this story, we'll call her Stella) jumps in front of the Trail Blazer. That car misses Stella too. Stella has it made. Then, Stella gets stupid and comes back. This all happens so fast... I'm not exactly sure how all this can happen in such a split second but sure enough it does. Stella is busy. The second time around, we aren't so lucky. Neither is Stella. We hit her dead on.

Next, things get a little funky. We lose control of the car... like REALLY lose control. We spin off into the other lane - with the Trail Blazer. By now we're on two wheels, with the top of our car facing the Trail Blazer. We're so close! Then, we take our two wheels and head down a ridiculously steep hill. It's a fast, bumpy, out-of-control ride to the bottom of the super deep ditch but when we get there we happen to be right-side-up. Dac opens his door and I hear the lady from the Trail Blazer screaming at 911 then at us "are you ok??" Whew, we are ok. I sit tight, practically shaking the freckles right off my face. Then, I try to get out... the door is caught because the front of the car is pushing back on it. I eventually get out and tread through the waist-high grass to the top of the hill.

To make a long story short... we are sore, tired and shaken up but that's it... for the ride we took, it should have been so much worse but it's not!! God really protected us that night as He always does and we're so so grateful for that.

Here are a few shots of the damage:













Oh - and to top it off... I have two tick bites from my trip through the wilderness of La Ditch. Now, we wait for the car to get fixed up and life will back to normal... or at least as normal as it ever is. =)

Have a great week and drive safe! Oh - and buckle up!