A warm, sunny day in early November, especially in the Sierras, was a nice surprise. One look at the cloudless blue sky was all it took to convince me to drive twenty miles into the valley to do early Christmas shopping.
Temperatures in the valley are between eight and ten degrees higher than those in the foothills where we live, so I enjoyed the warmth and sunshine as I walked from store to store. Around sunset, I searched through my purse for my cellphone, only to discover it wasn't there. After a frustrating search I finally found it under the car seat and sighed with relief.
I called my husband and heard the panic in his voice. "I've been trying to call you. It started snowing up here half an hour ago, " he shouted into the phone.
"Well, I'll stop and put the chains on when I get up there so I can make it home, " I sighed. My husband coughed nervously and cleared his throat. "Uh, I forgot to put the chains back in the trunk when I cleaned the car out yesterday, " he said. I resisted the urge to scream. " I think you can make it home if you leave now and drive slowly following the tire tracks in the road when you get to the snow, " my husband said before I hung up.
I drove slowly toward the 2600-foot elevation(高地) where we lived. My biggest challenge would be to get over the bridge, then up the hill on the other side. The snow was falling harder when I reached the bridge. I blinked back tears.
A truck was driving across the bridge ahead of me. My hopes soared. Those big tires would make a good path through the snow. The path from the truck tires helped until I reached the end of the bridge and started up the hill. The tires started spinning and the car started to slide back down the hill.
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When my car finally stopped, I heard someone rapping on the window. …… I started walking home, hoping to get to a place where I could use my phone on the way. |
