Lucky, Lucky, Lucky

Today I'm writing about an accident I went to Saturday morning. The call across the scanner told of a car hitting an Amish buggy and that three people were laying on the ground and the horse was laying on the ground as well.

To be honest my first thought were of the worst case scenario as I had heard of those kinds of accidents in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, their largest Amish settlement in the country, and also in Daviess County, Indiana where a small settlement resides about an hour or so from here.

As I got close to the scene (I was working it for the local newspaper.) I saw two ambulances driving away from the scene and my thoughts grew even worse. I was a little afraid of what I was going to find. When I walked up on the scene, however, I saw some very lucky people.

Three Amish men were up walking around, talking to a county police office and an emergency medical technician. They were looking at what little was left of the buggy they had been riding in. Even the horse was standing upright tied to a tree.

A car driving east into the early morning sun had been blinded by the light and couldn't not see the buggy, estimated to be moving at about 15 mph. The car, going at 55 mph slammed into the buggy in the rear sending it and the horse flying into the air. The buggy did a 180 spin in the air and flipped upside, landing against a rock wall. The three Amish men in the buggy were all ejected onto the ground.

The injuries to the three men proved to be minor with a few cuts and bruises. Some at the scene were worried about the horse as it had a large gash in its right hind quarter. Fortunately a veternarian was quick to respond to the scene and put in some stitches and the horse was taken away in a trailer. Except for being stunned by it all it seemed to be weathering its situation fairly well. The woman in the car that hit the buggy was not injured.

I think you'd have to say that somebody was definitely watching over these three men. At one point the three came over to get a closer look at their ride and kind of just conceded that it was pretty much destroyed. At least they were still upright and I figure the story about this little ride will be talked about for many years, and kids, to come.

A Hole In The Sky


I'm baaaaaaaack....

I know. It's been a while but things have been busy up on my hill here in Southern Indiana and I just haven't had time to get on here for a while. I haven't got my first hike of the year in yet. I've been trying to catch up on a lot of work here. Basketball season is maxing out so I'm seeing a lot of games and writing about them for our local paper. Actually a good hike would be very welcome to just kind of clear the numbers and net webbing out of my head. About this time of year all the games start to look alike and sometimes you just gotta get outta do house. But I'm here again and with something interesting I saw tonight.

I had to go outside for a few minutes tonight and walk over to my neighbors. The sky was overcast except for a few holes here and there with one rather large hole right where the sun was going down. The light was exceptional with that National Geographic warmth to it. I looked on as the sun started setting but eventually kept going. I have seen lots of sunsets on our hill that were a lot better.

On the way back, however, my walk turned into a run when I looked to the west again. What had been a regular hole now looked like an incision in the clouds, like somebody had taken a knife and cut it open. Rays of orange sunlight stabbed their way through the cut with an orange glow to them. It was one of those things you might see only once. The reason fo the running? To get my camera so I could get a picture of it. This one was too good to pass up. And now that I've got your curiosity meter pegged out I'll show you what it looked like.
Yes....I love my hill. You never know what you're going to see next.