So, I'm in Phoenix for a wedding/vacation. I'm driving at night and I was headed to my mom's house in Chandler. I have to take a highway called Loop 202 in Phoenix. Just my luck, Loop 202 East is shut down, and I have to take a detour. So, I follow the detour signs, and it puts me on the I-10 East. I start freaking out because I have never driven on I-10 in Phx alone. And it's night time. I'm seeing signs for Tuscon and Queen Creek and Riggs road. I'm familiar with those streets, but again, that's not the direction I wanted to go! So, I'm lost, can't turn around and I pull of somewhere and turn on my emergency lights to think. I know I'm in the wrong direction, I'm away from the city lights and civilization. I start panicking because my cell phone is dying, and I didn't want to answer my phone because I wanted to save that last call for someone reliable that would answer this late and come find me. Since I tried calling some folks and NO ONE answered. I knew I could try to find the I-10 west, but I'd have NO idea where to get off at once I'm on it. I look up, and I realize I'm about 6 mileposts away from where Tawni finally rested at after she rolled. I start panicking. It was just eerie. Cars are racing passed me, and I had visions of her rolling across the very road I was parked on. I was parked for about 10 minutes and suddenly..
I get a phone call.. and I answer, it's an old friend of mine. She says.. "Hey! Is that you?! That's your old car! Did you break down? I'm right behind you do you see me?" She had recognized my car and my bumper stickers all over my back window. I explain that there was a detour at Loop 202 until Monday, and she went passed me and turned around. A few seconds later she came up behind me and told me to follow her and she would bring me to the 202 East because it was only closed at the 202/I-10 interchange. I followed her and made it to my destination safely.
I called Believe and told her everything.. if that was not Tawni saying thank you.. I don't know what it was. If I would have went the way I had planned to go, I'd be all the way out in Budapest somewhere or sitting there until morning when everyone was awake..
Just a coincidence? Was I just at the right place at the right time?..
I get a phone call.. and I answer, it's an old friend of mine. She says.. "Hey! Is that you?! That's your old car! Did you break down? I'm right behind you do you see me?" She had recognized my car and my bumper stickers all over my back window. I explain that there was a detour at Loop 202 until Monday, and she went passed me and turned around. A few seconds later she came up behind me and told me to follow her and she would bring me to the 202 East because it was only closed at the 202/I-10 interchange. I followed her and made it to my destination safely.
I called Believe and told her everything.. if that was not Tawni saying thank you.. I don't know what it was. If I would have went the way I had planned to go, I'd be all the way out in Budapest somewhere or sitting there until morning when everyone was awake..
Just a coincidence? Was I just at the right place at the right time?..
