The snow looked a little different from my angle.....
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We kinda wound up doing Christmas a day late, as I got stuck out on the road overnight on Christmas Eve.
The snow isn't so pretty from the seat of a big truck, not when it's coming down sideways...
Got blocked in by wrecks just west of Putnam about 4pm, sat there waiting until they got the road cleared, at 10 am Christmas Day. It was a long, miserably cold night. Clear, but cold and windy.
But, on the bright side, something pretty cool happened. I got to witness something kinda special.
We waited for the road to get cleared of wrecks for a long time, then it started to get dark....
As it became clear to everyone that we were gonna be here all night, people came together.
Drivers were checking on 4wheelers, inviting them into their trucks if they were low on gas.
Sharing food and water, people just taking time to help a stranger.
All of us stuck in the same boat, all of us spending Christmas night stuck on the interstate in the middle of nowhere.
It was really kinda fitting after all. People showing goodwill toward their fellow man, caring for one another, sharing what they could to help someone else.
Under a starry, cold sky, I was reminded of what Christmas is all about. That was something that doesn't happen very often anymore........