Andy and I got all set up and parked ourselves next to our tent, under the trees, and ate lunch expecting Stacie and Kenton and our parents any minute. They were taking forever. We were just starting to think they had stopped in Payson for lunch when my parents pulled up. Wait a minute, they drive slow, how did they get here first? Then Andy saw that they had Becca, why would they have Becca? And then as they were pulling in I heard my dad say something about an accident. Oh crap! What happened? They got pulled in and we found out that they had lost a wheel coming up the canyon! A wheel!?!? Holy crap! They had been towed back down to town and they were all okay. We completely emptied our vehicle and headed back down to get their stuff. We got down there and found out that they had actually sustained minimal damage and their truck would be back on the road in a few hours. The axle, rotor, everything came out fine. The bolt on the ball joint took all the damage and was worn down to almost nothing but had enough left to hold. It wasn't even bent! They needed new rims due to the one that came off rounding out, but they got a great deal on them and ultimately Pepboys reimbursed them for everything including the rims and the alignment that started it all. Don't go to Pepboys, especially not the one in Sandy, they left the cotter pins off on a break job they did for us a few years ago too. Freaked me out when the holding pins came out and caught in the wheel! Anyway, here is a picture after the tow truck came up. They had to fit the front tire back on to get it on the tow truck, but if you look behind their truck you can see part of the two inch wide and probably two inch deep 30 foot long gouge the ball joint bolt left in the road. Note that the passenger side is only a few feet from a huge drop off. This could have been so much worse in so many ways. Oh so glad they came out no worse for wear.
We followed them back to camp once it was all put back together and they got settled and set up and we had a very yummy taco salad dinner. And of course, it started raining just as they started setting up and kept up until we were almost done eating. Despite the rain, it was a fairly warm night, I din't even keep the bag zipped most of the night. Lily didn't think so though and she got out of bed and crawled in with us some time in the night just shivering.
Lee made us a really good french toast, ham, bacon, and sausage breakfast the next morning.
Once we all ate and got dressed, we headed down to take a short hike to the lake and then walk around it. It was enjoyable but hard for Andy and I. We are really out of shape.
We had to rest a couple of times and struggled to keep up with everyone else, so I stole pictures from my sis. :) Jazz and the rest of the kids just loved mom and dad's dog, Bo they wore him out! Becca had to pick up all kinds of little treasures and stuff them all in her pockets. I'm sure Stacie ended up with some surprises when she did laundry.
We went back to camp for some lunch and some of us were going to go back to the lake after and go swimming, but it rained again at lunch and kept it up off and on the rest of the after noon. I was actually okay with the rain hitting though, I came back from the hike just absolutely hurting from head to toe. I really hate my fibro at times like this. I had been hurting all week anyway with the weather going from sunny to rainy and back again so the hike just set it all off even worse. We all had a really funny moment while we were eating lunch. Dad started coughing really bad and just as I was going to ask if he was okay, I started coughing really bad, and then Stacie did, and then Mom did, then Andy did and soon all of us were and we were all coughing and laughing at the same time. It was the weirdest thing ever. We found out later that Tayson and his friend and lit the sole of a shoe on fire next door and that had set us all off. LOL.
Andy and I headed back to town for a bit after lunch to pick some things we forgot to bring and grab some more ice. When we got back I had to go lay down. I slept for a good portion of the afternoon. When we woke up (Andy had joined me for a nap) we got dinner going. While we waited we played What Were you Thinking together which was really fun. We made swiss chicken for everyone (see prior camp out post for recipe). While we were getting dinner ready Andy's mom made a surprise visit along with Danny and her daughter and they had dinner with us. Everyone loved it. Lewetta was so wonderful, she decided to clean the dutches for us since she didn't bring anything to add to the meal, Love you Mama Lew! We all had a good visit after dinner.
Lily did pretty well, other than her normal barking. she even let the kids play with her a bit, although she really isn't sure what to do when one of them has the leash LOL. Bo did really well for what we think is his first camp out. My parents have only had him for a few weeks, but he has already claimed them as his and he is really well behaved.
Andy tweeked his back a little before bedtime and was really uncomfortable all through the night. Despite the rain the night was warm again though, that was nice. But the next morning he reached into the car for something and his low back spasmed really bad on him he could hardly move. I felt so bad for him and there was nothing we could do for him. Kevin made a really yummy breakfast for us all and everyone started packing up. It was really hard for Andy to sit still and not be able to help. I got everything loaded with some help from Kenton and we followed them out of the canyon just to make sure everything was still okay with their truck. We stopped for lunch and then parted ways and headed home. We stopped in to pick up Chewy and visit with Dan and Denise for a bit and thank them for watching our poor old mutt for us and then headed home for good. I had to unload everything alone, but I didn't mind as long as it kept Andy from getting hurt worse. Lewetta made another surprise visit and showed up at the house just as I was finishing up. She helped me get the carrier off the roof of the car and get it to the shed and then came in for a few minutes. I crashed hard after she left and woke up just long enough to get a load of laundry done, dinner made, and the sheets changed. Man was I hurting.
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I love the picture of Becca and Kenton. I would sure like a copy of it. Sorry you are hurting so bad.
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