We arrived at Catalina State Park around 4 pm 12/27/08. This was a full 2.5 hours behind our anticipated arrival. We left Deming, New Mexico this morning around 9:30 am. and traveled west on Interstate 10. About 1/2 hour into our day's journey the traffic slowed with Border Patrol cars signaling traffic to slow down. Sure enough, just ahead our lane of traffic stopped. I am certain ice was a factor in the accident as the temperature at the time of slow down was 24.
A quick switch to Channel 19 on CB informed us that a huge traffic accident had occured about 7 miles in front of us. Helicopetrs were in the road air lifting critically injured to Silver City. We wer told via cb radio that we awaited arrival of coroner.
Meanwhile in our motorhome, we shut down the engine, started the generator , watched a movie, had lunch , phoned family and were generally quite comfortable. By the time traffic resumed and we crossed the accident site , we were not able to know the details of the accident. I can only thank god we are so blessed to have the comforts of our rig and our lifestyle and that our time was not up today.
This voyage will make our unofficial rally here even more sweet as we relish our friends, our safety and our lifestyle!
Happy New Year.
Betty