Blinded By The Light

For one semester in the late 1970's my Dad attended Ricks College in Rexsburg, Idaho and as with many youth who go away to school there are great stories. One story almost resulted in my Dad's deportation from the US. Out late one night around Halloween with some class mates in Dad's 1970 Cutlass. While driving along the main drag a group of youth in an old 4x4 blew by Dad's car pelting it with eggs and Dad was quick to pursue. Speeding through the Idaho countryside Dad kept pace with the truck until one particular corner. Hugging the inside edge of the corner both Dad and the truck were in the wrong lane when all of a sudden the truck vered off to the right into a field and Dad was left facing oncoming headlights. The oncoming car made for the ditch, Dad swerved to the right. Through the fog of dust, in his rearview mirror Dad saw them, the telltale blue and red of a police car. The cop threatened every harm upon Dad that he could and promised that if he were ever in trouble again that he'd be deported post haste.