Vacation.....or Not!

Well, just as the title states.
We, hubby and I were on vacation and was heading out to Rhode Island to visit family.
But, it got interrupted by a good size buck, who left the scene, hobbling into a cornfield somewhere in Bethany, New York.
Let me give out the whole story instead of a summary, in case no one knows whats all happening.

For months to close to a year, the hubby and I have been planning to see his mom, brother, and sister-in-law, who all live in Rhode Island. We were bringing to them, their Christmas gifts from last year and this year. Plus, we even had our little dog, Ginger with us.
My mom and my best friend were going to take care of our cats during the 3 days and 2 nights we were supposed to be gone. So, on Wednesday the 16th we left around 830 at night to head to Rhode Island. It's about a 10-hour drive with stops maybe more. I find driving at night good cause there are no distractions from the other vehicles, the roads are cooler for the tires and just the sense of peace.
Well, as we were traveling along Route 20, we were trying to find a place to stop to have a bite to eat and to look over the GPS to find the route to get to the thruway we wanted, when this good size buck, either a 4 point or 6, came from the right side of the road.
I hit it hard on the driverside, smashing out my headlight. Both airbags deployed, leaving us gagging in the gases. I could hear the buck moving and limping away in the cornfield close by as we open the windows to air out the car. Everything in the back went flying and landed upon poor Ginger. Hubby got face smacked by the airbag and sore ankles by embracing for impact. I got the full force of the crash, whiplash from the seatbelt, face smacked by the airbag, bruised thumb knuckles when the airbag deployed, sore knees and ankles from embracing for the impact.
Lucky for us, another care who was heading east stopped and called 911 for us as we pulled the car over off the road and to asses the damage and contacted the insurance company about what happened.
A Genessee County Deputy, assist us and contacted the emergency units for my anxiety was flaring and I started to hurt in many places. They showed up, checked on us even helped with Ginger, poor baby was very shaken.
They even helped us look for a hotel close by, which was 20 minutes back from the crash in Batavia, New York.
After a day there, we found out that the car was totaled and that we had to stay another day till we could finally get a ride from my mom, for we were lucky enough to only be 2 hours away from home.
Lots of lessons to be learned here. Better to travel during the day. Make better plans as to when to travel. Plus, make sure to have the extra booking/cancelation insurance on the reservations, for there is a likely chance of getting refunded on the hotel you're supposed to be staying when things like this happen and you have to cancel the trip.
I would love to thank the Gennessee County Deputies who helped us, even gave us a ride to the hotel we were staying at. The Bethany and Gennessee EMTs for coming out and assisting us. As well as the Red Roof Inn at Batavia for putting us up for the two nights that we got to stay there. Good clean place, pet-friendly and wonderful continental breakfasts.
We are home safely and resting. Healing from the injuries and planning on looking for a new vehicle once the insurance folks get back to us about what we can do.
Wish us luck and take care, my friends.