A Life-Out-Of-Control Moment
I had a quite scary driving experience yesterday on my way coming here to Denali National Park from Fairbanks.
It rained quite a bit. When I was driving on a section of the winding sloppy mountain road, rain started showing down so heavily that even the speediest rain wiper could not clear the windshield. I reduced the speed and drove carefully. What happened next was I noticed that there was a truck coming from the left hand passing lane. When it came parallel to my car I could feel the road shaking quite a bit. Then the water splashed from the ground like a reversed raging water fall. I did not turn my head around to see the truck, just concentrated on my own driving. The truck must be quite long; for 10, 15 seconds I felt like I was driving in a whirlpool not able to see the road in front of me. I realized that this was the moment I had totally lost the control of my life; the steering wheel might be in my hands but my life was not; there were a lot of things could have happened in that black-out 15 seconds.
Rain stopped shortly after that. When my mind recovered from that adrenaline charged moment I looked into the rear mirror and saw a police car following me for… I did not know how long. I soon resumed to the normal speed and he made a u-turn at one of the turnouts and left.
Thank you officer! And thank you God!
I had a quite scary driving experience yesterday on my way coming here to Denali National Park from Fairbanks.
It rained quite a bit. When I was driving on a section of the winding sloppy mountain road, rain started showing down so heavily that even the speediest rain wiper could not clear the windshield. I reduced the speed and drove carefully. What happened next was I noticed that there was a truck coming from the left hand passing lane. When it came parallel to my car I could feel the road shaking quite a bit. Then the water splashed from the ground like a reversed raging water fall. I did not turn my head around to see the truck, just concentrated on my own driving. The truck must be quite long; for 10, 15 seconds I felt like I was driving in a whirlpool not able to see the road in front of me. I realized that this was the moment I had totally lost the control of my life; the steering wheel might be in my hands but my life was not; there were a lot of things could have happened in that black-out 15 seconds.
Rain stopped shortly after that. When my mind recovered from that adrenaline charged moment I looked into the rear mirror and saw a police car following me for… I did not know how long. I soon resumed to the normal speed and he made a u-turn at one of the turnouts and left.
Thank you officer! And thank you God!
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Arrived Denali National Park last night.
Denali National Park Visitor Center
Participate a ranger guided nature trail hike in the morning - Horseshoe Lake Trail
Horsetail
Fireweed
Horseshoe Trail, Denali National Park
Railroad runs through the Park
Another guided trail hike in the afternoon, McKinley Station Trail.
Witch's Bloom that infects and may kill the tree
Wild berry that feed the park animals
Bee that pollinates flower
Railroad near the trail
Quiet creek
Denali National Park Visitor Center
Participate a ranger guided nature trail hike in the morning - Horseshoe Lake Trail
Horsetail
Fireweed
Horseshoe Trail, Denali National Park
Railroad runs through the Park
Another guided trail hike in the afternoon, McKinley Station Trail.
Witch's Bloom that infects and may kill the tree
Wild berry that feed the park animals
Bee that pollinates flower
Railroad near the trail
Quiet creek
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