near-death-experiences, what what!

So yesterday,after my inspirational discovery that I am not, in fact, chained to the state of Colorado, I decided to go take a drive with my camera and visit some of the lovely sights that Loveland has to offer. While they were quite quaint and impressive, I grew restless and decided to drive around some more.

Now, I was downtown, in the 20 mph, weird one way streets, reckless idiots section of town. This being said, I am already not a careful driver. I mean, not in a "Ohh my God here she comes everyone off the road or we'll all perish for sure!!!!" kind of way. More like I just kind of forget there are other cars on the road with me.
But it wasn't all my fault that I almost got into a wreck 4 times in ten minutes!

Here is what happened. I was driving down the street when I saw a street that looked even better to drive on (A modern story of the sheep that wanted the grass on the other side.... anyways. Back to my story.) so I took it, not realizing that it was a one-way street... going the opposite way I was. My first thought was, Come on, road! Work with me here!
My second thought was, Ohhh shit. Those are cars.
So I quickly pulled into a lovely little parking lot and got myself turned the right way.
Needless to say, I was a little pissed. I hate when that happens.

So I took off down the road, happily singing to my music when I get to another corner. I look to make sure no one is coming, but apparantly not well enough, because as I'm turning left I hear this car honking it's horn, at ME! from about a block away.
Apparantly the 20 mph signs were doing nothing for him, because he was going at least 30! The maniac!
This made me mad because he should know that I couldn't see him!
Okay, maybe not. But that was the best thing I could think of.

After that, I decided to go to the lake nearby. I mean, it would be nice to have some peace and quiet after my near-death experiences! So I head off, and in the midst of my blissful dreams of water lapping at my toes, and a gently swaying breeze, I nearly get side-swiped by a car because I didn't know it was only a 2 way stop instead of a 4 way.
Luckily, this lady was pretty calm and didn't get very mad.

By this time, I'm starting to wonder if someone has put a magnet under my car! Or maybe I made a generous contribution to the brain foundation. Either way, I was ready to get off the road!

So I head to the lake, making it into the parking lot with a sigh of relief.
I stay there for awhile, drinking in the late summer afternoon. I sit and read my book and just relax. Then my sister calls and asks me to head to work.

As I'm pulling out, I tell myself to be careful. After all, something weird is going on.
While I'm saying this, and being super extra Extra careful, I run a stop sign.
The only way I figure this out is that the guy across from me kindly points this out me as I'm passing him. Nice kid, really. Good thing I was there first or we would have been getting to know each other a lot better. I would have gotten his number, as well as his insurance information! A double whammy!!

And that is my tale.
Looking back, I consider myself pretty lucky. I mean, I could have been killed!
And who would miss me?
My lovely 43 viewers. Silent as they are, they keep me hopeful that I am not talking to myself.
Right?
Right.