Wife fearful in Class A

V10guy wrote:


This is spot on... I'll tell you what NOT to do...we were driving from MEdford, OR over to the coast...anyone who has driven via Grants Pass to Crescent City, CA through the redwoods will know the highway I am talking about...let me put it this way, we'll only get to the coast via the Winston/Coos Bay route now. The Grants Pass Redwood Highway route goes through a canyon that just plain sucks! When we were coming back home to Medford, the canyon is on the passenger side...its VERY steep and windy, the lanes are incredibly narrow(again, we won't be over this hwy again) At some curves, I was getting down to 5-10mph, focusing on staying on the center line because there's no margin of error on the other side to the guardrail(which you can't see sitting in the passenger side, only the canyon!) You're also focusing on oncoming traffic, wide loads, etc. So, my wife was freaking out! She decides the best thing was to close her eyes...We have 3 little kids, my wife wasn't enjoying this part of the trip worrying, etc...So, in some stupid moment of thinking...I decide the best thing to do when she has her eyes closed is to yell "aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"....bad move... She almost killed me...and threatened my manhood several times... I enjoy telling the story now, but I guess we all somehow like to recount near death experiences...

Sounds like grounds for justifiable homicide. Maybe it is good that the DW knits while I drive. I tell her to look at what she is missing, and she always says back to keep my eyes on the road. Still trying to figure out how I survived all those years of over the road driving with out her there tell me how to do it.