On Saturday, April 25, we decided to go to a strawberry farm to pick some berries. Our family friends, the White's, were coming along too. The first place we chose didn't have anymore strawberries left after a busy week and we chose the next closest farm. This farm was about an hour and a half away. We all decided that this was going to the the place to pick our berries and we loaded up our cars with snacks, drinks and lots of entertainment for the kids! Even though it wasn't a long car ride, I wanted to be prepared...just in case. After waiting for Terri to finish getting ready (15-20 minutes after the projected time to leave) we were off! In our car we had Megan so the kids would be distracted with each other. It was a beautiful drive north on 281 and unusually busy- a two lane country road all the way to Marble Falls to the Strawberry Farm. We had been on road for hour when 2-3 cars ahead of us a truck started to lose control and swerve into the other side of oncoming traffic. Bam! It was a terrible accident! I was praying so hard and thanking God it wasn't us. Fortunately Tom (who is a volunteer firefighter/paramedic) was in the car behind us and was able to assist immediately. Thank God we were not hurt but THANK GOD Tom was around to assist otherwise those people would have been much worse off than they were (Thanks, Terri for being late!). I cannot handle blood, etc very well so I put all the kids in the car with me and kept them entertained while Clark was guiding traffic and Terri was able to get things that they might need from Tom's car. After three ambulances and two airlife helicopters Terri, the kids and I left. They shut the highway down and we were stuck there for about 45 minutes. Apparently the couple that were hit were from Horseshoe Bay and were coming to SA for a nice weekend get-away. Tom said he would be surprised if they even made it alive. We found out later that afternoon that the wife had three operations already and the husband was in critical condition that they weren't sure if he would make it if they were to operate. It just all happened so fast! Once the highway was back open we left- just in time because I was running out of things for the kids to do! They ate all the snacks I packed, all the drinks and watched enough TV that they were bored of the TV. Needless to say we didn't make the strawberry farm! What a busy morning!
(Most pics we took are too much to post...)
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