Why Did The Turkey Cross The Road?
Stupid turkeys.
I should've just run right over them.
A friend invited us up to Sandpoint on Saturday for a couple of hours of snow tubing at the Schweitzer Mountain ski area.
Sounded like fun. The kids have been working hard, more or less, in school, and I thought a day on the mountain would be a good way to say goodbye to winter.
Little did I know that winter wanted to say goodbye to us!
We had just set out from our friend's house, turning up the mountain road that leads to the ski resort, when a big flock of wild turkeys crossed the road. I tapped my brakes and came to a stop before hitting any of them.
But the woman who was following too close behind me wasn't so lucky. Nothing was going to stop the momentum of her massive Ford F-350 on that icy road. I'd like to report that she killed a few turkeys. Unfortunately, I was in her way and she slammed into the back of our mini-van.
Thankfully we're all okay. After checking for any bumps and bruises, we gathered insurance information and apologies.
And here's a shocker. Her insurance company, Safeco, called me twenty minutes later, on a Saturday, to give me all the necessary information for getting our van fixed up as quickly as possible. I can't remember the last time I dealt with any large company that worked with such efficiency and speed.
Even though the entire back door and side panels were crunched in, the van was still drivable, so we decided not to let the accident ruin our plans.
We continued up the mountain road, carefully watching for more turkeys, and found the Schweitzer ski area. I was ready to relax and enjoy watching the kids have fun on the tubing hill.
I'm happy to say they did have a great time. For close to two hours the kids romped and slid as a gentle snow fell all around us. Crushed cars and near-sighted turkeys were forgotten.
Just as we finished tubing, the magical winter wonderland suddenly turned into a furious blizzard howling down upon us, and we could hardly see ten feet in front of us as we walked to Thor's Pizza for dinner. I thought we'd be stuck on the mountain all night, but then I forgot how fickle Idaho weather can be. An hour later we were driving back down to Sandpoint under clear skies.
No turkeys were spotted on the way home. But all this week, as we deal with the annoyance of being without our van while it's repaired, I'll be paying special tribute to my feathered friends.
Turkey sandwiches, turkey legs, turkey soup. Heck, I think I'll even get some Friskies Turkey and Giblets Dinner for the cats!
I should've just run right over them.
A friend invited us up to Sandpoint on Saturday for a couple of hours of snow tubing at the Schweitzer Mountain ski area.
Sounded like fun. The kids have been working hard, more or less, in school, and I thought a day on the mountain would be a good way to say goodbye to winter.
Little did I know that winter wanted to say goodbye to us!
We had just set out from our friend's house, turning up the mountain road that leads to the ski resort, when a big flock of wild turkeys crossed the road. I tapped my brakes and came to a stop before hitting any of them.
But the woman who was following too close behind me wasn't so lucky. Nothing was going to stop the momentum of her massive Ford F-350 on that icy road. I'd like to report that she killed a few turkeys. Unfortunately, I was in her way and she slammed into the back of our mini-van.
Thankfully we're all okay. After checking for any bumps and bruises, we gathered insurance information and apologies.
And here's a shocker. Her insurance company, Safeco, called me twenty minutes later, on a Saturday, to give me all the necessary information for getting our van fixed up as quickly as possible. I can't remember the last time I dealt with any large company that worked with such efficiency and speed.
Even though the entire back door and side panels were crunched in, the van was still drivable, so we decided not to let the accident ruin our plans.
We continued up the mountain road, carefully watching for more turkeys, and found the Schweitzer ski area. I was ready to relax and enjoy watching the kids have fun on the tubing hill.
I'm happy to say they did have a great time. For close to two hours the kids romped and slid as a gentle snow fell all around us. Crushed cars and near-sighted turkeys were forgotten.
Just as we finished tubing, the magical winter wonderland suddenly turned into a furious blizzard howling down upon us, and we could hardly see ten feet in front of us as we walked to Thor's Pizza for dinner. I thought we'd be stuck on the mountain all night, but then I forgot how fickle Idaho weather can be. An hour later we were driving back down to Sandpoint under clear skies.
No turkeys were spotted on the way home. But all this week, as we deal with the annoyance of being without our van while it's repaired, I'll be paying special tribute to my feathered friends.
Turkey sandwiches, turkey legs, turkey soup. Heck, I think I'll even get some Friskies Turkey and Giblets Dinner for the cats!
Permalink posted by Idaho Dad at 11:50 PM
15 Comments:
What a fowl thing to happen, though I'm glad no one was hurt.
glad everyone's alright. Nice way to cap off winter (aside from the whole car wreck thing). Bring on spring!
hey, why did I show up as anonymous
Ugh...we just got my husband's truck back a week ago last Friday, from some 92 year old guy rear ending him the day I got laid off 4 weeks ago. His car wasn't there the whole time but most of it. What a hassle it was for us to follow up with ll the insurance companies and whatnot. I'm glad everyone is ok though. And I'm glad you continued up the hill to go tubing with the kids. Here's to a quick repair!!!
Those things ARE a menace! I nearly hit one head on in KY one time as it came out of nowhere flying across the highway right at bumper level. My kids thought it was funny but it scared the hell out of me.
You should have ran them over and taught them that just cause the holiday's are past they can't rove around in wild partying bands.
Turkey is a year round food these days!
That sucks. Put at least she didn't push the minivan off a cliff.
I am glad nobody was hurt and you were still able to have a fun day.
As long as all is ok, thats great. I have never been in a real accident but that's one of my fears.
Here's to Turkey sandwishes with cranberry sauce. Yumo.
Sorry to hear about the accident.
We hit a wild turkey in South Dakota and broke off a mirror. The silly turkey didn't even take time to leave his insurance information.
I went through something similar with our car 3 months ago. Best of luck getting everything patched up.
Glad everyone is okay.
That Safeco makes a nice ballpark, too.
Goodness, Im just glad that everyone was ok, what a bit of a shock though.... at least by continuing with your day it didnt give anyone time to dwell on what had happened....
That snow looks sooooooooo cold...
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i am from idaho and i know what it can be like at schweitzer. I have had my wrecks there and know how some drivers are. well at least the kids got to enjoy it. and the car is getting taken care of
Phil- Glad you were all oK. We were rear ended in our F-350 truck in Portland a couple of months ago, by a woman driving a 1994 T-Bird. Luckily, my husband left the ball hitch on the truck, she hit that and did major damage to her car. She assured us she had insurance and wanted to leave the scene, a witness insisted calling 911 for us and so glad he did. As she had no insurance and was driving on a suspended license. Her car was towed and she was cited and now my insurance is paying for the medical. The guy who saw the accident and called 911 was an off duty Portland detective.
It's not their fault, they have to cross the street too, poor turkeys :(
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