Our beloved Jeep - RIP 

Sorry for the laps in Updates

Hi, all. Sorry for the lack of updates. There is really no excuse except I didn't get around to it. For the most part, there hasn't been too much going on and then there seemed like there was too much going on. Last weekend was Thanksgiving and it started out with a real "Bang". First, I should say that no one was injured and, for the most part, things are getting back to normal. Rob, Heather and I were on our way to Ragged Point around 7:45 pm, having just dropped the Jeep off to Keltie, who was going to Moncton for a Belly Dancing Workshop. I got a call on my cell phone from a stranger, saying that my daughter had been in an accident. Well, I have two daughter who weren't with me so I hesitate because I don't know if I have to fly to Banff or turn around and go back to Fredericton. It turned out to be Keltie. She was travelling up one of Fredericton's steeper hills, when a car ran through a stop sign and hit Keltie on the passenger side of the Jeep, rolling it on to it's roof. She says she thinks she had her eyes closed but she can remember hearing the Jeep sliding on it's roof.
When the Jeep came to a stop, there were lots of people around to help but the 911 operator told them not to touch the car until the ambulance arrived. So, Keltie and her roommate, Katherine were left hanging by their seatbelts until the police arrived and cut them out. They were taken to the hospital but their only injuries were a bruise were the seatbelts had caught them. Did I tell you how important seatbelt are!!!!! Truthfully, if not for the seat belts, things would have been alot different. Two of the windows had popped out and their luggage was all over the road. That could have been them!
We met up with them at the hospital and took them home. Norm and Trish came and help out because we didn't have enough room for every one. The next day, Keltie and Catherine took the bus to Moncton and we left for SJ. We picked up the Freddy paper Saturday morning and what is on the front page, but the Jeep, upside down in the middle of the road. You can imagine my surprise. Well, I'm going to post the picture of the Jeep. We're still talking with the insurance company but the frame was twisted so I think we will need something new. (John Lawson has been kind enough to find an X-trail for us to use in the interim.). The police are charging the driver of the other car.
I'll be back with more updates soon.