Descent into the Columbia river gorge on I 90 during summer
A few miles East of Ellensburg, WA, on the long winding descent into the Columbia river gorge, the little car, too small to run smoothly in both sets of the deep ruts that the semi trucks had worn into the pavement of Interstate 90, rolled from groove it had been following on the left side of the lane and dropped abruptly into the groove on the right. The lateral movement of the car within the lane was not great, maybe a foot or two, and I accounted for the motion with a simple counter of the steering wheel as I speed steadily along through the dark winter night.
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Tagged as columbia gorge, crash, economy car, Geo, Geo Metro, ICE, Interstate 90, snoqualmie pass, Thomas Kreutzer, TTAC Future Writers, Washington
Tagged as columbia gorge, crash, economy car, Geo, Geo Metro, ICE, Interstate 90, snoqualmie pass, Thomas Kreutzer, TTAC Future Writers, Washington
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