It's been many years since I had a white Christmas. My husband has never had one. That all changed last week!
It snowed in Pigeon Forge, TN starting in the wee early morning hours of Christmas Day. Now the place we rented a cabin from said that we weren't very high up and we should have no trouble getting in and out. HA! We spun tires just to get into the place from the driveway....and that was before it snowed. We were supposed to check out Monday morning. Since we were quite elevated, we would have had to drive on snow and ice on Monday, but just snow on Sunday. And at that time, it was still snowing 1/2 inch every hour. Having lived in Alaska and Germany, I knew that you have more traction on snow than snow over ice. My husband, his mom, and myself all agreed that if we didn't leave then, we'd be there until Tuesday, as yesterday's high was going to be 29 degrees. I honestly think we got 20 - 24 inches of snow and were on what they call a secondary road.
The cabin was lovely....chalet style, with no curtains or blinds to cover the windows from the bright sun on Christmas Eve. I had to sit in sunglasses as I have a sensitivity to bright lights. There were 3 sets of stairs just to get to the door, with a sidewalk between steps 1 and 2. The sidewalk was like walking straight up a mountain slope. The angle was ridiculous. The fireplace was beautiful...stone. We had plenty of wood, but unfortunately, it was stacked under the set of stairs #1. So, husband goes down to get some wood and all of a sudden, I see logs being chucked onto 2nd landing. Well of course I just burst out into peels of laughter. My mom-in-law didn't know what was so funny, so I explained about the commercial w/wood chucks and what we've posted on here. It really lost something in the translation. She watches very little tv. I couldn't wait to get back to tell ya'll that story.
Okay, back to the story. All 3 of us felt the need to leave if at all possible. The folks on a lower road than us left on Sunday afternoon. So mom-in-law and I pack up and husband loaded the car. You have to remember we also had our 3 little dogs. Before we rolled an inch, husband wanted prayer. So I asked the Lord for Warrior Angels at all 4 corners of the car and safety to get to the valley. I felt at peace about it. I gave instructions on how to drive in snow, etc., and I continued to pray and mom-in-law was singing praises. Somehow, we wound up in a ditch. Not too bad, but we couldn't get out. I'm saying, "Uh, Lord, You told me we'd be safe all the way down....." Mom-in-law wanted to call a wrecker, as husband couldn't push Explorer out of the ditch. He tried once more then put the car in park and when he did, it felt like we could fanaggle it......and we got out of the ditch!!! Husband said it was as if we were being pushed out from the back. We made it down to the valley and was hoping to get further than we did, but it was dark and we kept skidding from black ice, so we found a motel that would take pets. We left yesterday around 11:00 a.m. est, and it was smooth sailing all the way home ...... THANK YOU JESUS!
"Trust in the Lord with all thy heart and lean not to thine own understanding. Acknowledge Him in all thy ways and He shall direct your path." We did and He did!!!!!!!
It snowed in Pigeon Forge, TN starting in the wee early morning hours of Christmas Day. Now the place we rented a cabin from said that we weren't very high up and we should have no trouble getting in and out. HA! We spun tires just to get into the place from the driveway....and that was before it snowed. We were supposed to check out Monday morning. Since we were quite elevated, we would have had to drive on snow and ice on Monday, but just snow on Sunday. And at that time, it was still snowing 1/2 inch every hour. Having lived in Alaska and Germany, I knew that you have more traction on snow than snow over ice. My husband, his mom, and myself all agreed that if we didn't leave then, we'd be there until Tuesday, as yesterday's high was going to be 29 degrees. I honestly think we got 20 - 24 inches of snow and were on what they call a secondary road.
The cabin was lovely....chalet style, with no curtains or blinds to cover the windows from the bright sun on Christmas Eve. I had to sit in sunglasses as I have a sensitivity to bright lights. There were 3 sets of stairs just to get to the door, with a sidewalk between steps 1 and 2. The sidewalk was like walking straight up a mountain slope. The angle was ridiculous. The fireplace was beautiful...stone. We had plenty of wood, but unfortunately, it was stacked under the set of stairs #1. So, husband goes down to get some wood and all of a sudden, I see logs being chucked onto 2nd landing. Well of course I just burst out into peels of laughter. My mom-in-law didn't know what was so funny, so I explained about the commercial w/wood chucks and what we've posted on here. It really lost something in the translation. She watches very little tv. I couldn't wait to get back to tell ya'll that story.
Okay, back to the story. All 3 of us felt the need to leave if at all possible. The folks on a lower road than us left on Sunday afternoon. So mom-in-law and I pack up and husband loaded the car. You have to remember we also had our 3 little dogs. Before we rolled an inch, husband wanted prayer. So I asked the Lord for Warrior Angels at all 4 corners of the car and safety to get to the valley. I felt at peace about it. I gave instructions on how to drive in snow, etc., and I continued to pray and mom-in-law was singing praises. Somehow, we wound up in a ditch. Not too bad, but we couldn't get out. I'm saying, "Uh, Lord, You told me we'd be safe all the way down....." Mom-in-law wanted to call a wrecker, as husband couldn't push Explorer out of the ditch. He tried once more then put the car in park and when he did, it felt like we could fanaggle it......and we got out of the ditch!!! Husband said it was as if we were being pushed out from the back. We made it down to the valley and was hoping to get further than we did, but it was dark and we kept skidding from black ice, so we found a motel that would take pets. We left yesterday around 11:00 a.m. est, and it was smooth sailing all the way home ...... THANK YOU JESUS!
"Trust in the Lord with all thy heart and lean not to thine own understanding. Acknowledge Him in all thy ways and He shall direct your path." We did and He did!!!!!!!
