Sunday, December 28, 2008

You can't lose good friends - part 1

There seems to be a pattern....

Today we lost our friends. First, our Chiweenie. Now, our friends.

This afternoon we went to the snow with Tina and Marty for an afternoon of sledding. When we pulled off the road at the spot where we always stop, we waited and waited..... But no Tina and Marty.

There are two roads with the same name and we were at the second one. So we figured that they must have gone to the first one. So we turned around and went back to look for them. We each had walkie talkies but they were not responding to our calls.

We got to the first road and headed down it. The conditions got worse and worse - lots of snow and ice. We started worrying that they thought we went down it and headed into the poor conditions. We went a couple miles and could not find them. It was starting to get unsafe so we turned back.

We started to get worried.

We headed back to the main road.

We decided to head back to the cabin, thinking they might have headed back.

When we got back to the cabin and they were not there, we put together a full on rescue plan.

We loaded the truck with sleeping bags, shovels and warm clothes. Jim and Drew were on the rescue team. Gracie and I were to wait at the house and if Jim and Drew were not back with Tina and Marty by 8 pm, I was to call rescue authorities.

About 20 minutes later, everyone showed up at the cabin! Hurray! Just like the Chiweenie, Tina and Marty headed back home to safety!!!!

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