What could it be??

Yesterday, on our way back from visiting hubby's cousin and his wife in South Carolina, we encountered a strange event.  We were on the highway and had just driven through Charlotte when we noticed lines of cars and people stopped along both sides of the highway.  They were standing in the grass or on the edge of the road, some with umbrellas to ward off the sun. There were people lined up along the overpasses as well.  Maybe it was an accident? or a police chase?  No.

This went on for miles and miles.  Perhaps a circus? A parade on the interstate?  Nope.

At least twenty miles later people were still lining up.  This must be something BIG.  Was the president in town? Negative. Aliens from outer space? Nope.  Were they waiting for the infamous North Carolina native, John Edwards, so they could stone him?  No, wasn't him.

When I noticed there was no longer any traffic coming from the opposite direction and that the cars in front of me were pulling to the side of the road, I knew I would soon find out.  I stopped the car, hubby mumbling that we were going to get plowed from behind, or we would never be able to pull back onto the highway.  I got out my trusty camera and waited. It went by so fast, I thought I missed it.

It was the Miracle on the Hudson plane.  The battered, wingless fuselage of US Airways Flight 1549 was on its way to the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte.  Mystery solved.