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19:55
20.11.2022
[Theresa] It was time to say goodbye to Portugal so we locked up our Airbnb and headed to drive our van away at 7 am. I was a little stressed about our timing so I stepped on the gas pedal. Shockingly we were greeted by the sweet sound of spinning tires. Neither of us had been stuck in anything before and our skillset in the area didn’t go beyond calling AAA roadside assistance (thanks dad), but we were lucky enough to have a shovel and junk pile right next to our non-mobile van to give us hope. We dug some sand away and put some sheet metal under our tires. We then tried driving out but were still stuck. So we tried again and again each time, putting in a little more effort and either sinking further in or almost making it out. An hour an a half later of close escapes, this nice lady came by our way and helped us find some big rocks that we could put under our tires. That indeed launched us out of the sand pretty quickly. We were so happy to finally not be stuck in the sand. And looking back at the experience it was kind of exhilarating to be fully living in the moment and using the adrenaline to give us extra force in shoveling the sand. Later that day we told the story to a Belgium girl who just returned from her trip to Canada... Her reaction summarizes it quite well: “It happens to the best of us, eh?” 

Jennifer Herner