While I am doing this internship, my husband has remained in Arizona. Today, he and a couple of friends went for a day in the mountains. This is not unusual for them. They get an early start and drive up in his truck with his little Suzuki Samurai, a 4-wheel drive vehicle, on a trailer. Once there, they parked and embarked on an adventure. Today they went past Florence and were in the vicinity of Box Canyon. As they were exploring on some rather rugged jeep trails, they were hailed by a group of five who appeared to be stranded. The group consisted of two grandparents, a daughter-in-law, and two grandsons (about 7 years). The grandparents live in Arizona and the rest live in Iowa. They had become disoriented and had found the trail, but were going the wrong way on it. Not only that, but the trail was very rugged and it is doubtful that they would have been able to have made it back to their vehicle once they realized their error.
My husband's vehicle was built to carry four, not nine so it was very packed to say the least. The daughter-in-law told my husband that he had saved their lives...and I imagine that he did as the area they were in was quite remote and not well-traveled. Fortunately for them, this did not occur on a day when temperatures soared to over 100 degrees or the outcome might have been much different.
That is quite a story! Thank goodness your husband came along. It sounds like a "happy accident!"
ReplyDeleteGood thing your husband was there to save them! Too many tourists head out into the desert without any idea of where they are going or what they are doing and a lot of times it doesn't end so well.
ReplyDeleteOMG! thank goodness your husband was there to save them. You hear so many stories like this about people getting lost, etc. and being found either dead or injured. That's awesome he was there and able to help.
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