vacation some good and some bad

13 years ago

On the thirteenth we went to Holland MI. It was so wonderful to see our DD and her family. On the sixteenth we left for Indianapolis. We went to the Zoo which we really enjoyed. The next day we went to the childrens museum that we really liked. Then before we left on the next day we went to the Firemans Museum. That was a joke. There isn't much there and noone to talk to us. We thought Dh would like it and he was disappointed.
We went back to Holland for the night and then we went up to Traverse City. All we did the first night was walk around down town. I liked that though it had some nice shops. The next morning we went up to the Mackinaw bridge. We didn't go across it though because there was construction on it. We took a ferry over to the Island. It was so nice and peaceful there.
When we got back to Holland on Friday I baked 2 rhubarb pies, 2 strawberry rhubarb pies, a small strawberry rhubarb crunch and a large rhubarb crunch for them plus making the pie crust. I had taken a pork roast out there and I made it for supper. It was so good.
Saturday morning we got up and made breakfast and we left right before noon. We had an extra car out there so we were both driving. When we got out there I got a toothache. My dentist called me a prescription in for Vicadin. I had been taking it for 5 days. We were still driving in Indiana on the way home. I fell asleep and ran into the back of a semi trailer that was moving in front front of me. The air bag went off. Thats what woke me up. I ccouldn't get out the drivers door so I crawled across the seat and got out and I started crying. My DH had stopped and the semi driver stopped. I kept saying I was sorry. It took a while for the wrecker to get there. We never had full coverage on that car. So we are just out of it. We will be sending them the title for it so it never cost us anything to have it towed/ We put everything in our other car and came home. I have a couple of bruises on my hand and one on my nose and my left knee is banged up. I feel like I came out lucky. I believe my guardian angel was watching over me. Maybe it also helped that I was praying for a safe trip before this happened. I never realized until that night how close a call that was. I had a hard time going to sleep after that. We got to Sioux CIty and got a hotel room for the night. The first room she gave us didn't even have the bed made. At 6 on Sunday Morning a couple was having a fight right next to us and in the hall. He locked her out and she kept pounding on the door. We decided then to just get up and leave. None of the places we stopped at to eat were very good.On Wednesday night we went to Subway and I had a Philly cheesesteak foot long. I had onions and 3 cheeses put on it after he ahd heated the beef. That was the best one I have tasted in a long time. All in all it was a good vacation though

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mary_c_gw
13 years ago
You DROVE while taking Vicodin??

Vicodin contains hydrocodone - a narcotic! You're very lucky you didn't kill yourself or others.
linda_in_iowa
13 years ago
I am happy you are OK after your accident. Consider yourself very lucky you were not ticketed for driving under the influence. It is illegal to drive when on a strong pain med like that. Most likely that is what caused you to fall asleep. I cannot take vicoden during the day because I can't stay awake just being in my house.
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susanjf_gw
13 years ago
well..at least your mi portion was good..

i can't believe the doc gave you such a strong medication knowing you were away from home...and at my pharmacy, you would have recieved a warning lable not to drive!

what is more fightening, my dh and ds were on the road last monday, driving to iowa state u for a convention...i'm sure thanking the Man above they missed you!
sleeperblues
13 years ago
Wow, I'm amazed. You are indeed lucky you didn't kill yourself, your family, and someone else's family. I'm surprised you weren't arrested for DUI.
jemdandy
13 years ago
Your air bag saved you from more serious injury. This is one instance where an airbag was effective.

(An airbag really puts out a cloud of white stuff doesn't it? A couple of years ago, I witnessed an accident in the local park where the front airbags deployed.)
LuAnn_in_PA
13 years ago
"My dentist called me a prescription in for Vicadin. I had been taking it for 5 days. We were still driving in Indiana on the way home. I fell asleep and ran into the back of a semi trailer that was moving in front front of me. "

The only thing good about this is that you did not kill others by driving under the influence of narcotics....
bigfoot_liz
13 years ago
YIKES you were lucky you weren't killed or killed someone else while on Vicadin! i do know that since you were DUI and your accident involved a semi, you will be hearing from DOT and atleast 1 or 2 insurance companies for the semi tractor & trailer. Unless you lucked out and hit an owner/operator w a bad record. Personally if I am ever involved in an accident I would make sure the police ALWAYS drug tested the person(s) at fault, statistically 25% of accidents are attributed to DUI. ~ liz
jannie
13 years ago
Sorry about your accident. Again, others are very hard on you about driving while on medication. Glad your trip was otherwise okay.
dedtired
13 years ago
That is so frightening! Guess you won't be doing that again. I'm sorry you had that awful experience. The rest of your vacation sounds like it was wonderful.

My son and his friend came on an accident that had just happened. It was similar to yours. A fellow ran into the back of a semi, but in his case the hood of his small truck went under the back of the semi and he was decapitated. Others had stopped to help although there was nothing to be done, so son and friend kept going. Son's friend has nightmares after seeing that. Count your lucky stars that you were not hurt worse.
bengardening
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13 years ago
I appreciate all of your comments and I learned a very valuable lesson the hard way. The semi was not damaged at all so I am not worried about it. Jannie TY, We have all done some dumb things. I think this one is right on top of my list though.
marie_ndcal
13 years ago
No comments, just glad no one was hurt very bad and glad you had a good trip (most of it). You are right, we all do some dumb things in our life time, even driving.

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