Orange Bloom. March 2023

Be careful what you wish for.

My guilty pleasure is driving in hazardous conditions, and my favorite feeling is being inside a sealed car while driving in a torrential downpour. 

My goal was to get to Tejon Pass northbound rest area for the night. I managed to escape the storm in Arizona. Little did I know what I was about to experience. As I left Indio, California at sunset, I noticed encompassing dark clouds to the north. The sun just set and I had about a 3 hour drive ahead of me. As I entered San Bernardino County, it began to rain. The wind picked up and the storm became fierce, lowering visibility and flooding the roadway. I had no choice but to lower my speed to 50 mph, extending my travel time. Live traffic conditions were turning for the worst. Several intermittent storms were wreaking havoc, causing accidents and slowdowns. I managed to get through the first storm, but had a building concern that it wasn’t over. While on the 210 freeway, I entered another storm. This one got me on the edge of my seat. My windshield wipers were on max, and I still couldn’t see ahead of me. As I drove underneath an overpass, I hit a large pool of water, and my windshield was blanked out for a full second. I couldn’t see a thing. I was literally scared to drive any further. 

Be careful what you wish for, because you might get it, and you may not want it anymore, but it’s too late.