It was late Saturday. The last couple of days had been exhausting and the strain was beginning to show. Stephen was at the wheel, driving the silver Ion the 20 minutes it was going to take to get Steve's house. Steve was on the phone, engaged in a cute little argument with his wife over him not saying goodbye to her when we left. Jerome and I slouched in our backseats, alternating between resting our eyes and talking about the wedding. A road block appeared, we were getting detoured off the 401. For the next 5 minutes, we were directed by police cars through a series of smaller roads, and left wondering what had happened to the highway. It was surely either an accident or some late night road maintenance. As it turned out, the truth was much more compelling.
At the end of the detour, the Ion roared onto the on-ramp, ready to unleash its precisely engineered fury on the unsuspecting asphalt. Its aspirations of speed were cut short, as we were greeted with total chaos at the top of the ramp. All other vehicles were pullin over, half a dozen police cars were there trying to maintain order. Hundreds of people were getting out of their cars, looking in awe at the events before them. Spotlights flooded the area. We turned around to see what was happening.
A dozen giant machines were gathered in the middle of what could only be described as a crater. Their huge mechanical arms were reaching up and tearing away at the overpass. Half of it had been brought down already, debris was everywhere. It was like a scene right out of a disaster movie. I wanted to stop and watch, to take pictures to show my grandchildren, to say "I was there". Stephen had other ideas though. Oxygen was pumped in, fuel was injected, and gear 5 was engaged. Within seconds, the silverbolt from Saturn quickly rendered the disaster site a fading point on our horizon. Disappearing from view but not out of our memories. It was the most incredible thing I have seen since Hot Pants.
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It was the most awesome thing EVER.
Posted by Romer @ 06/29/2007 12:30 PM EST
It was probably the coolest thing I had ever seen, but I was tired and wanted to get back to Steve's place and sleep. Sorry!
Posted by sbdep @ 07/02/2007 11:19 AM EST