The two RV Gypsies stopped their car at the entrance to the Nada Tunnel. The sign said to look for cars before entering. The two RV Gypsies could not see very far into the tunnel, so Lee Duquette flashed the headlights and beeped the horn several times, then proceeded to enter the tunnel. They were almost to the exit of the one-mile long, curved tunnel when they saw a car about to enter the tunnel from the other direction. It is a two-way driving tunnel, but only one narrow lane, so each way must alternate entering the tunnel. There was NO traffic light at either entrance, so this is a real disaster waiting to happen, and the nightmare began.

Lee Duquette began flashing the car's headlights again, and beeping the horn constantly to warn the other driver NOT to enter the tunnel, but she kept coming. Karen Duquette said, "She isn't stopping. She's coming into the tunnel and we are going to have a real problem." So Karen then turned on her video camera to record the event.

Now the two RV Gypsies (in their car, not their RV) and this other car were headlights to headlights facing each other. The other car was barely inside the tunnel entrance, but the two RV Gypsies were almost to the end of the tunnel and there were many cars behind them, so of course they could not back up. Lee Duquette got out of his car and went to talk to the driver and explained to her that she had to back up. She REFUSED! About SIX motorcycles entered the tunnel and realized they could not go anyplace. Even the motorcycles could not get around cars in this narrow tunnel. So they turned their motorcycles around and left the tunnel, but the lady in the car still would not back up. Eventually, the motorcycles must have exited the tunnel via the way they came in, and soon afterwards other cars entered the tunnel, with no clue what was happening.

A ranger was in the car behind the two RV Gypsies so he also told the lady to back up, and again she refused. Karen thought they were going to have to live in this tunnel forever. Eventually the ranger did convince the lady to back up and exit the tunnel.

As the two RV Gypsies exited the tunnel, the lady in that car rolled down her window and swore at the two RV Gypsies, even though she had young children in her car. The two RV Gypsies ignored her and drove on down the road. They will never drive through the Nada Tunnel again.

Nada Tunnel
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