Summer in NY was wonderful. But my internship drew to an end and Matt wrapped up all of his renovation projects. So...we packed up the Prius again.
Nico (the Prius) suffered some injuries this summer. Long story short...I was driving down a street close to Vassar when BAM!@@$@&%@%) out of nowhere a deer smashed up against the drivers side window. I basically saw just a flash of brown hair and didn't even know what happened. At first, I thought it was a golden retriever (that's what I get for growing up somewhere where the number of dogs outnumber the deer). I exclaimed in confusion: "Did I just get hit by a deer?" My summer roomie and now awesome new friend Kate said: "Yep...and it definitely just took off your mirror." When Kate later recounted the incident to me, she vividly described to me how she saw the deers eyes, mouth, and entire face smashed up against the window. (Guess that explains the deer juice that was on the side of the car!) So, all in all, the deer did about $5000 dollars worth of damage to Nico but no one was hurt which was the blessing since deer accidents can be pretty dangerous.
After a stop to a body shop in Middletown which is run by one of Matt's long time family friends, the drivers side of the car is just like new! The guys at the shop were great and gave us a great deal.
Now, (I guess that wasn't that short a story after all) Nico is all patched up and ready to drive the 3,200 miles back to California.
Hope you all follow along with the journey. This time we're taking the Northern route (Cleveland, Chicago, Omaha, Mount Rushmore, Salt Lake City, Reno, HOME). Goodbye NY, Hello road to the West!
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