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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

A friend in need - Mt. Whitney


  I do not know his nationality, name, or even what he looked like. He came and went out of nowhere.
  We had pulled off the road to take a photo of Mount Whitney. It was an amazing sight from the desert. Our car parked next to a road sign, I jumped out and took the picture.
  Once back inside I noticed that the road sign said, “Soft Shoulder”.
  Well, we were stuck. There were hardly any cars on the road. There were the four of us having visions of just dying in the desert.
  Then we saw the truck bearing down on us. It passed by. The driver hit the brakes; put the truck in reverse, backed up to the front of our car. He got out and put a chain around our bumper and then around his trailer hitch. He yelled for me to put the car in neutral. We were free in an instant. He got out of the truck and took back his chain. He waved as he drove off.
  I had that “who was that masked man” look on my face. The only thing he said was “Neutral!” and I didn’t even get a chance to say thanks.
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