Bevandich Family: December 2007

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

WE LEFT SATURDAY MORNING TO GO TO MY SISTER, KIM'S HOUSE FOR CHRISTMAS. THE ROADS GRADUALLY GOT WORSE AS WE TRAVELED NORTH.I-80 THROUGH WYOMING WAS AWFUL. THE ROADS WERE VERY SLICK IN SPOTS AND HAD PERIODS OF ZERO VISIBILITY. WE CONTINUED TO TRUDGE ON. HOWEVER, 15 MILES EAST OF RAWLINS WE WERE DETOURED OFF 1-80 BY THE SHERIFFS DEPT. WE PULLED OVER TO SPEAK TO THE OFFICER AND HE INFORMED US THAT THERE WAS A MAJOR CAR PILE UP AND THAT THE ROAD WOULD BE CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MUCH TO OUR DISMAY WE TURNED AROUND AND HEADED HOME, WE WERE VERY SAD NOT TO BE ABLE TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH OUR FAMILY BUT VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE SAFE. WE FOUND OUT THE NEXT DAY THAT A FAMILY OF FOUR HIT BLACK ICE AND WAS STRUCK BY A SEMI LOADED WITH TRAILER. THE MOTHER, FATHER AND NINETEEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WERE KILLED. THEIR 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS LIFE FLIGHTED TO DENVER BUT SHE WILL MAKE IT. WE HAVE THEM IN OUR PRAYERS. TAYLOR WAS VERY ANGRY, SHE TOLD ME THAT HER PRAYERS HAD NOT BEEN ANSWERED. HER PRAYER WAS TO ARRIVE TO AUNT KIM'S SAFELY. I HAD TO EXPLAIN TO HER THAT WE COULD NOT HAVE BOTH, AND THAT HEAVENLY FATHER DID ANSWER HER PRAYERS...WE WERE SAFE. WE HOPE YOU ARE ALL SAFE FOR THE HOLIDAYS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ...... PLEASE BE SAFE!! HERE ARE THE KIDS SLEEPING ON OUR WAY TO UTAH. I WAS JOKING WITH THE KIDS. WE HAD STOPPED TO USE THE REST AREA ABOUT A HALF HOUR BEFORE WE HAD TO TURN AROUND. I TOLD THEM THAT WE HAD A WONDERFUL VACATION TO THE REST AREA IN WYOMING AND THAT THEY HAD TO TELL OUR THEIR FRIENDS ABOUT OUR EXCITING TRIP. SHOULD HAVE TAKEN PICTURES OF THE REST AREA. OH WELL.