In the month of May,there has been only 2 posts..and in June,it's already 11th and no posts till now...

there has been quite a few events in life over these days...

first,there was a long weekend from May 28-30.We drove to Smoky Mountains.It's around 10-11 hours,crossing states like Illinois,Indiana,Kentucky and reaching Tennessee,covering the interstates,I-65,then I-64 and I-75.
Drive was cool...i think all our diet stuff goes for a toss during these long drives...because following were the items in the car

1.Apples
2.Chips
3.Choc Cookies
4.Tamarind Rice(thanks to my colleague's wife)
5.Danish butter cookies
6.Coke(Non-diet)
7.Water
8.Chocolates
9.Muffins

and some more,which i forgot..

Also not to mention the food,which we had over the journey..all burgers/pizzas/KFC stuff..

But it was fun...maybe it's fun because the destination is far too reach and all our expectations are still intact..;)

Smokies was good.But one sad thing about US,it's so green even here in Illinios that sometimes i am just not able to differentiate as what's so great abt Smokies...

We went to 2 trails(trekking)..and it was really fun to be among such a big gang..
saw 2 Water Falls...
then saw Sunset from one of the highest points.It was great.

But all these are not highlights of the trip for me..:):)
Following is the highlight,

Actually all the guys wanted to go for rafting..even their spouses..but since they had kids,ladies stayed back(this,i can make it a separate post about why ladies should stay back and guys should go for rafting...:):))
So,we 3,with kids went for one trail...while going for the trail in I-75,the roadside was full of flowers,first all white flowers,then pink ones followed by violet ones and then yellow ones..it was just great...i had never seen like that before..
and we wanted to take a snap of that...so we all wanted to stop in the highway for a minute and take snaps...

so while coming back,i slowed down,speed of the car was around 35-40 miles and tried to pull over...Actually side of the road was all grass..and the car got dragged a bit..i kind of managed and stopped it.other 2 ladies in the car thought maybe i did like that...
but actually it was cool,i just didn't know how it would be to drive on grass,as i had never done that before..:)
the above statement is just a positive approach of the problem...i was really scared,when the car got dragged..:)

immediately in less than 10 seconds,one more car pulled over..got scared as maybe the COP(Police) came so fast...
because in US,we are not supposed to pull over the highways(interstates) other than for any emergency situations.

but it was not police.it was our colleagues...and actually that scariness(fear) got changed to anger...one of my colleague,my good buddy came and saw inside the car.(we are still inside the car,i am about to get down).Then he asked me calmly,"Is everything ok?".
at that moment,somehow i was so angry...but i replied,"Yes,no issues".
Then my other colleague came and i went and sat in his car.(in mind,i was regretting as all this stunt has gone waste,as we didn't take snaps!)

actually the reason for anger was pure preconceived notions..

We came to smokies in 2 cars...so we used to follow each other sometimes..
And the guys in other car were telling me that my driving is a bit rash,am driving too close to the front car and all stuff...and i was irritated by this..because when we see from our car,even they were driving like that...

and i hate when somebody points some mistakes on others without following it themselves...

so when they came,i immediately came to the conclusion as,"oh god...now these guys will think that i lost balance of the car and the car skidded and we are stranded like this in highway"...and this inturn changed into anger..

also,i was already a bit frustrated as these guys went for rafting leaving us behind..
i was so angry that i couldn't talk..it had been very long time since i was angry like that..:):)

then we came back.i sat in the other car...not in my buddy's car..actually we both were driving the car during the onward journey..i was moody till night...
then somehow when we were chatting during dinner,mood got changed as one of my colleague was cracking jokes and stuff..

oh god,what an experience?..next day,he mentioned,"I don't have any doubts about your driving.You are driving well.I was really shocked and worried like hell,when i saw your car pulled over the side...I was praying to god that nothing should've happened...It was one of my worst moments"...

still on that day,i was not able to understand his words..only after 2 days,when i thought of the whole situation,putting myself as a third person,i was able to correctly understand his thought and worry.

how strange right!...it seems so natural to get angry,as it looks like an outcome of all pent up stuff...just imagine,how bad the situation would have become,if i had shouted or if he had shouted..it would have been like comparing apples and oranges..2 different view points..and we would never have understood each other's situation..and the anger would have got changed to hatred...

so is this the thing which happens,when 2 angry people fight/shout?..probably...

anyway,it was a great experience...

and infact while returning,i drove my leg of the drive without any stop...actually the kid was sleeping in car..so i started driving in Kentucky...and stopped only at home...i still don't know why i drove like that...but somehow,i like driving,so maybe i drove continously..or maybe i wanted to prove something..or maybe i wanted to come home as soon as possible...

am going to stop here..will continue in the next post..