Garry Foster
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My wife and I were on a extended RV trip going from Pa to visit family in Missouri. We were then going to go south and follow the gulf to Florida then across Florida to see my daughter in Cocoa, Fl. for thanksgiving. Well the part to Missouri went great and we had a great visit with family there. Went through Arkansas and thought of Frank. Spent a night and day around Hot Springs National Park. Did you know there are some real twisty roads just north of there. Stayed Sunday Night just west of the Mississippi River so we could cross in daylight. Monday morning we crossed the Mississippi and filled up the RV with gas, then got on Hwy 49 headed for I10 and our turn East. Drove about 50 miles and wham a Green GMC Suburban hit the driver side of the RV at a cross road. Only saw it for an instant before it hit and she never saw us or touched her brakes. We spun three full times before getting stopped. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't get the RV headed down the highway and straighten out the spins until I got out and looked at the the rear axle. This all happened right at the Silver City Post office. My wife, my dog nor were hurt and never even had a sore muscle out of the deal. But I was yelling for her to get the dog and get out almost before we got stopped as the SUV hit right at the propane tank. Never sprung a leak even though the propane tank was hit ans the furnace was tore up bad. We were 1100 miles from home, 900 miles from our daughter and 800 miles from our son. 60 miles or so from a rental car it turned out. 1100 mile rental cars one way get expensive but we made it home by 12:30 midnight and the wife had a turkey in the oven by 1:00 AM so we had a lot to be thankful Thanksgiving day....
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Hearing about Mark brought home again how lucky we were. The Lady that hit us was taken to the Jackson, MS hospital but ended up not being hurt seriously.
Now if we could get the insurance company to start making offers....
Garry
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Hearing about Mark brought home again how lucky we were. The Lady that hit us was taken to the Jackson, MS hospital but ended up not being hurt seriously.
Now if we could get the insurance company to start making offers....
Garry
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