What was Your First Big Vacation on Your Own (or w friends) and not...

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6. OMG!!! I would have called my dad!

Heck, we drove from WI to Dallas in an ice storm. (I wasn't the driver) It was a "rideshare" thing. (I think it was 1980/81)

On the return trip, I chickened out and flew back. The driver was pissed because she was counting on me to help out with gas. But she drove right through that ice storm, which encompassed the entire state of IL and I just didn't feel safe. There were warnings on the radio. We had stopped numerous times in IL, and lots of people were holed up in truck stops waiting for things to get better. Well, that's my brush with adventure!

Well another brush with adventure was driving in 10 inches of snow in San Antonio!
I was studying for my NCLEX. (Nursing exam). We had a prep class on a Saturday. It was snowing with about 3-4 inches of snow on the ground and the forecast was not good, winter storm, blizzard warnings, stay off the road etc and skies did not look good. I called and asked if the class was cancelled. They told me, "No". So against my better judgement, I drove into class. When we got out, the entire city was closed! There was 10 inches on the ground and it wasn't stopping. There are no plows here. And I had to drive 15 miles in it. I tried stopping here and there, but no luck. Everything was closed. I just wanted to find a phone, so I could call my parents. Maybe I could bunk overnight in a store or gas station. No luck. Everything was shut.

I finally saw a cop and asked for a ride home. He responded: "Lady you're on your own". (You know like those people who don't evacuate during a hurricane)

Of course, no cell phones back then. I was from WI and was used to snow, but we had snow plows, My drive home consisted of fishtails and donuts. I was afraid I was gonna get stuck and die because there was no one else on the road. It took me three hours to get home. It was one of the scariest things!

I was so pissed they didn't cancel the class. How stupid of them. I did get above the 99th percentile on my NCLEX exam.