Snow, accidents and cleaning

You may wonder what snow, accidents and cleaning have in common, well that's a damn good question. If I didn't have the answer I would ask it too. The first two seem to go hand in hand, the later, sorta sticks out. Lets see here where to start, the snow sounds like a good idea. Ellensburg Thankfully didn't get dumped on, which is good, but that doesn't mean I-90 is a gem to drive on either. Granted the conditions were not great but it was still drivable, just at some slower speeds then some drivers decided to drive today.

I grabbed the company car and headed to Elk Heights area on I-90 Three accidents blocking one side or the other of the interstate within three mile either partial of completely. So I get some safety shots of the backup from the overpass. Time to park the car and see what better shots I can get of the closest accident, Out and walking. Now its no that often that you get to walk in the middle of a major freeway, its not recommended. Thankfully for me it was closed at this point for an accident further up. Walking/ jogging up the westbound lanes, about a quarter mile up I see some lights. A trail blazer has rolled over and is getting up righted by a tow truck. Traffic is being guided around by state patrolmen. I'm in the median at this point, getting some photos that tell the story, snowy freeway, traffic being guided by the scene and the tow truck driver tossing belongings that had spread across the east bound lanes when the vehicle rolled. The vehicle is in rough shape, but sill held its form, minus the windows. After getting a couple shots off, I was introduced to another state patrolmen who I had never met before, he was wondering what I was doing, after a a quick exchange, he graciously let me get what I needed and I headed back to the car. They were not the greatest photos, but better then the safety back up shot I got before.

We ran one of the trail blazer on our website here.

Not being satisfied and apparently not cold yet, I give the boss a call and let him know I want to try to get a better shot of another accident. I was told a semi had rolled a mile or two down the freeway, he gave me the go ahead, off I went. The freeway was still closed so I took a back road which paralleled the freeway to a point. After finding the accident, I pull off and sure enough there is a ten to 12 foot tall wire fence (to keep these guys out) in may way, did I mention the foot or so on snow on the ground. After tromping though the snow without boots, smart decision by me, and climbing the fence I climb the embankment to the accident. Sure enough the semi is on it's side along with the trailer, they are separated already, blocking one of the westbound lanes. I composed a couple shots of the state petrol car and the semi truck and then move to the median to get some overall shots of the scene. Traffic is starting to come by and some more photos follow, I hang out for about 30 minutes and head back to climb the fence and the heat of the car.

Getting back to the office, I get a chance to look at the photos and like what I see, hind sight being 20/20 I would have stayed there a bit longer to try and improve what I got, but my jeans were soaked. After putting up the trailblazer photo on the web and writing a caption for it, I headed home. I normally don't get to leave early, but I'm playing catch up on some hours.

Now the last part, the cleaning, my office at home was getting pretty

cluttered, so I started cleaning it and believe me it needed it. here's a post cleaning shot.

Its not totally done but its getting there. And it needs to be followed by every other room in the house. So That about covers it

This being my first attempt at blogging, I would appricate any feedback you have.