Last night we celebrated our anniversary by eating out at our favorite restaurant followed by seeing the movie Princess and the Frog. The movie was very enjoyable due to the music and its hilarious humor.
Following the movie we were in the process of driving home when the unbelievable happened; a large elk crashed through our front window with a loud BOOM! The event spewing glass all over us and the inside of the car. The glass was mostly small, like grains of sand, and we could feel it in our mouths, eyes, and over our bodies. The elk landed on the hood of the caron Moms side and something either the windshield or the elk hit her in the upper part of her chest. The good news was that it did not come in on us. It ran off into the hills according to the Highway Patrol man who was following close behind us and saw it run away. The Elk was a bull with a big rack of horns.
A police officer was luckily following us looking for elk as many had been seen in that vicinity. He had us get out of the car after which we attempted to get as much of the glass off of us as possible, which included attempting to clear the inside of our mouths glass, after which we got into a truck full of elk hunters where we remained until an ambulance came. Instead of putting us both in the same ambulance they put us in two separate ones.
They treated us as if we were badly injured, which we were not, but they didn't want to take any chances. They then took us to a hospital in Mt. Pleasant. They checked us for injuries and washed off the glass as best as they could, which included cleaning out our eyes, nose and mouth. They also gave us a tetanus shot. They were concerned about me because of my age.
Julie and Aaron came to pick us up and take us home. Even though we had been washed off we were still covered with glass. I could still feel small grains of glass in my eyes, nose, and mouth.
After we had been at home for a considerable time we noticed tiny pieces of glass on the kitchen table, and on various parts of the house where we had been setting. In the morning I washed off the table with a wet cloth due to the hundreds of very tiny pieces of glass I observed.
Before going to bed we both had a shower for obvious reasons. As it was a little difficult for us to fall asleep we watched tv for a while.
We are fortunate that we were not hurt more than we were. I should add that my glasses are marked up so badly by the glass that I had to order a new pair this morning.
Don't you think that was a very memorable anniversary? It was one we will never forget. The good part is that we are well. The Lord must have been watching over us. Creating memories are fine, but they are not always enjoyable. We survived and that is the important part. We will post a picture of the car when it gets back in town. For now it is in a wrecking yard in Chester. I don't think that the car was damaged too badly.
Love, Dad
