Wind, rain and snow in the
Sierra’s in late May? You have got to be kidding me. Oh, lucky me.
It was
Thursday, May 22, 2008 and we were on our way to South Lake Tahoe from the Bay
Area for an Arts and Crafts show at Miller’s Y, located at the junction of
Highways 50 and 89.
Note:
Shows at Miller’s Y have been discontinued due to reconstruction in that
area. The property was sold and the new
owners had the buildings demolished.
Highway 50
is the main highway stretching approximately 110 miles from Sacramento up to
and through Lake Tahoe. This picturesque road climbs in elevation to around 8,000
feet at the summit.
As we were
driving up Highway 50, we approached the community of Cameron Park and began to
climb in altitude. I was in the right
hand lane of the highway and there was a large semi-truck in front of me
struggling to make it up the hill.
Traffic was light and there were no vehicles on the left side of me, so
I turned on my signal and began moving over.
But just as I began passing the slow moving truck, a huge sheet of plywood suddenly appeared out
of nowhere and came flying at us from the left side and smacked into the my
van. It caromed off the left front side
and flew up and went completely over our van.
Unbelievable. We never saw where it came from. I looked all around me and there were no
other vehicles around, except for us and the truck. Luckily it didn’t go through our windshield.
It would be tough running around without a head. My wife immediately looked up. “What was that?” she asked me. “I don’t know, it looked like a piece of
plywood” I told her as I glanced over to the right side and looked into my side
view mirror. I could not see the board
anyplace. Most certainly it didn’t come off the big rig since the container was
fully enclosed.
That was a very rough weekend in Lake Tahoe as we were vendors at an arts and crafts shiow there. To read more about this and other adventures contained in my book Street Fairs for profit, fun and madness just click on the link. You'll love it.
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