Drifting to Prince George

It was a regular Tuesday morning. I had woken up at 7:15 am per usual so I could get into the shower first and use most of the hot water. I was anticipating a boring day at the district office seeing that my boss, Sarah, had told me that they needed help from the three arena volunteers to fold five thousand copies of the Vanderhoof Updater. However when Jessica, Thony and I arrived at the offices, we were told that parts of the Updater had not been approved by council so it could not be sent to print. I was slightly cheesed off by that because Sarah had promised us three dozen donuts from Woody’s bakery, which would have been shared between the four of us, and these donuts are to die for. This also meant that we had no set structure for the day. Sarah was forced to think of something for us to do, and she came up with the brilliant idea of going Christmas shopping in Prince George for our Christmas Party/ Picture with Santa event which is being put on at the arena.
I was all for this idea because there are only a few stores in Vanderhoof and I have not been to a mall since I started Katimavik. It was a beautiful day and the road conditions were not bad at all. We were having quite a pleasant drive when I experienced one of the scariest moments in my life. We came up behind this red ford with a trailer on the back which was only going 70 km/h so Sarah decided to pass the truck. As she accelerated her four wheel drive cut out and the entire back end swung out and hit the car that we were passing. Sarah tried to pull away but her car then stalled and we started drifting on black ice. We completely spun around and the proceeded to once again hit the car but this time on the side. If we had not smacked into that car for a second time we would have continued gliding. That is a scary thought for me because the ditch to the one side of us was more than a 20 foot drop.
I am just thankful that everyone is okay. The severity of the crash could have way worse and it helped that the people in the other car were calm and collected. Sarah’s car had to get towed because there was a horrible clicking noise when she tried to drive it again, maybe the axels, and we did not think it was safe to drive. It sure was an eventful day and an experience that really made me grateful for the life that I have.