What an 'unforgettable' trip we had today. We went to the Olympic game farm in Sequim today. It was absolutely fun. Since it was a long drive, I offered to drive all of us home. My driving was okay- no speeding up or tailgating others. After a while, I saw an ordinary white car behind us in the rear mirror. It was about 150feet behind us. When I looked at the rear mirror again after a few seconds, it was right behind me!! That was the trooper with its siren on. I didn't know if I was asked to pull over. I was suspecting if I was doing anything wrong. (It shouldn't be since I was not driving over the speed limit.) Anyway, I tried to steer to the shoulder. (Damn, it was not wide enough to be called a shoulder actually.) The car was in the ditch immediately. #_# Then, I realized that the trooper was only trying to pass us but not pull ME over. Then, no matter how hard I and Steve tried, the car couldn't get back to the road. We kept sitting in the car. He called 911 and noticed the state patrol. Shit. We were on SR104 South Bound. We couldn't tell them the exact location. We were in the middle of nowhere!! While we were waiting for the police, I was shivering. I didn't know how long it would take... I felt so guilty. Suddenly, there was a truck stopped in front of us, a couple got off the truck and walked towards us and see if we were okay or needed any help. That was very kind of them. Fortunately, none of us got hurt. We thanked them for their concern and let them know that we already called the police. Then, an 'Olympic Ambulence' stopped by and did the same thing. Again, we appreciated the concern the lady showed us. After a couple minutes, a gentleman stopped behind us and checked if we needed a cell phone. They were all very kind. After he left, we kept waiting for the police. Suddenly, a red 4X4 truck from the on coming traffic making an U-turn and stopped in front of us and see if they could help us. Two guys (they might be road or construction workers) jumped off and told us that they had a rope and it might be able to pull our car out of the ditch. They tried very hard. Eventually, our car was out of the ditch. We were all so excited and very thankful for their help. The state patrol arrived. Another old lady drove by and asked if we needed help. Afterwards, one guy was lying on the ground and tried so hard to untide the rope at the bottom of our car. We were all very thankful for their help. It could have taken hours to call a toll truck since it was on a highway in the Penisular. When I was getting back into to car and grabbed my wallet to pay them (at the same time, my dad was taking money out of his wallet to them too), those two men refused to take our money. They were so helpful and kind. At first, I thought they were from a toll truck company. I didn't know that they were just passer-by until Steve told me. It was very surprising that how many nice and kind people out there still. Of course, I learnt an important lesson:
-Never offer to drive if I'm not familiar with the area
-When we think others may need help, we should stop and check. Be generous always, we never know when we need others to help us.
I was very, very lucky. What if it happened in a rainy day or at night? What if we were injured?? Thank God for sending nice people to help us. We will do the same to others when they need help.
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