Aaron and Maddy kept telling us about their latest t.v. hype: Naked & Afraid. Apparently this is a series where a couple gets thrown into the wilderness with nothing and they have figure out how to survive for 21 days. I always thought I could handle that sort of experience. I continued with this prideful thought pattern until I saw Jake & Aaron gut fish with their bare hands and stick it over a hanger to cook in the fire. Turns out I'd need to brush up on my edible plant knowledge before submitting myself to the Discovery Channel.
Around 10:30 an officer showed up and told us he was locking the gates so we needed to head down the canyon. We rushed our clean-up and dumped our cooler on the fire, filled our arms, and threw everything in the back of the car. We got to the entrance of our campground and found that we were too late. If I had a nickel for every time a lock got in between me and smooth sailing, I swear I'd be rich! A lockpicking set has been added to the list of future investments for the Scott family.
We were without cell phone service but it took the 6 of us about 3 minutes to come up with a few plans.
Plan 1. Sleep in the car.
Plan 2. Walk until getting cell phone service and call for a ride.
Plan 3. Jake & Aaron run towards the valley until coming up another plan.
Plan 4. Hitch-hike down the canyon until getting cell phone service or finding the power hungry officer whom we TOLD we were packing up and driving down.
Plan 5. Go Naked & Afraid style.
An elderly couple ended up responding to our hitch-hiking thumbs. Thanks Mara & Gary (f-pod's)! Jake and Mary got in their car and it didn't take long for them to run into the cop and bring him back up to unlock the gate for us. He was not very happy to say the least. He doesn't know who he's messing with. Just kidding.
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