When Mom wakes up to an email that says ...

When Mom wakes up to an email that says ...            I HAD MY FIRST COLLISION!

It was an interesting Sunday morning in Japan and not my usual routine to call my son as other things to think about on this lovely day of the week.  However, I could not contain myself.  When I called and asked my very sensible and reliable son the standard cell phone question 'Where are you?' , the answer again threw me for another loop!  'In the hospital, in Edmonton.'  To my WHAT! this funny kids laughs and says ... just joking!

This tale starts at a little before 7:00 am in Edmonton, Alberta.  On Friday, the 25th, Tomo spent the day getting himself rested and ready to take off the next morning, Saturday the 26th of February for the Western Motor Freight Yard in Anaconda, Montana.  During the night of the 25th, Edmonton, Alberta had a change in the weather and the clear dry roads of the previous day were not slick with snow as the ground temperature was frigid and so snow on the top makes for nice slippery weather.  

The collision site at 7:00 am in morning

So our trusty young trucker prepared his truck to head south to the border and back to the company yard.  However just minutes after starting out, our young trucker is heading off one highway and planning to head on to another one, when a four door Dodge Stratus Sedan decides to take a spin right in front of a big RED 18 Wheeler.  The only saving grace here was that they were both on the off-ramp and Tomo's Big RED was down to 25 mph / 35 kph.  

First point of contact

Second point of contact and blown out back tire.....

It is its on the way to the junk yard now.

Where is Big Red's damage?
(Remember the bungee cords are from the North Dakota Foolish deer)
Give up???　Well, look close!

Just a little nudge on the bumper.

The outcome of this slippery collision was that the other driver lost control of the car due to road conditions and only an incident report was filed by the police and no one received a violation.  The Stratus Sedan driver was more than a little rattled when Tomo came to see if anyone was hurt.  This person was foolish enough to confide in Tomo that driving in snow as not something that the driver was accustom to, nor did they feel confident in doing so!!  Needless to say, Tomo was muttering 'Bonehead' over and over under his breath, but finally made his way down the road to Calgary, Alberta.  Looking out of his window he said 'Calgary was beautiful tho....

COLD!!!