This is in tribute to our beloved camera.
Cost of the camera: $400
Usage: 5 months
Afternoon Hiking Attendees: Me, Shanon, Colton, Alex, and Josh
Memory that killed the camera: Priceless
This is the reason why I haven't posted in our blog, with pictures, since May.
The afternoon of May 25th 2009 Shanon had a great idea to go on a "couple mile" hike.
We would drop down from Sandflats, into Millcreek. We started the adventure at 2 p.m. and should be back about 5 p.m.
Well... the rain came in at about 4:00 p.m. flash flooding began approximately 5:30 p.m. We ran into horses that nearly kicked the puppies to death and swam through a pond (created by the flash flood)
that we couldn't even reach the bottom of, and which in turn took the cameras life with it. For most of the adventure we were soaking wet, freezing cold, and starving (the cookies we brought got mushed and soggy).
Colton's spirits were pretty good considering the circumstances - he kept saying things like "this is a test of god".
Bailey did pretty well she would start kicking while traveling through the water, or if the backpack was strapped a bit too tight.
Josh would once in a while say "I'm no longer afraid of hell - I've been there, this is it".
All of us stopped talking at some point. Alex even stopped crying!!
Towards the end of the adventure, I started running. I knew there were dry clothes in the trunk that I had failed to take to Wabi Sabi. Shanon couldn't run because his feet were numb and his knees were hurting.
When we got back in the car at 9 p.m. we changed into dry clothes, and turned the heater on. I tried to turn over the ignition but my fingers weren't working so Shanon had to. And then we were off to Maverick to get hot chocolate and donuts. Thank god we didn't have to spend the night in the canyon. When we got home we discovered that Josh's mom had already made arrangements to send a search crew out to rescue us.
The hike, turned out to be just over 8 miles. We looked it up on Google Earth.
We heard the next day that the locals were riding their rafts down 500 West.
With the exception of ruining our Christmas Present to each other, I don't think any one of us would trade the experience for the world. I'm glad the memory card is still able to be read with a universal card reader. Just purchased it today for $17.99. I had to get this post up asap so that everyone knows why there have been no postings as of late.
I also got a memory card for our very old, very worn out camera, which is the one I should have took on the trip in the first place. Now we will have another camera to use for all purposes.
In the pictures posted notice:
Alex's attire - not suitable for the circumstances
Colton's casual attitude - very helpful indeed
Shanon's long lost hair still attached.
Our strong beautiful pups
The water coming off of the cliffs, YES it was flash flooding!
and the last picture we took with our camera, ME - and all of my psychosis. (Shanon says I look prettier these days than I did in that picture, i sure hope so!)
Oh My God look at her belly!! 31 weeks and 3 days. What a beautiful baby belly!!
32 weeks - just put the tongue and groove up in the tile room yesterday.
