My ex loved the outdoors and his best friend did too. They decided we were going to take the pickup and boat and go to the lake about 70 miles away and go fishing.
Off we go, we get there and everything is a muddy mess and I mean muddy. My Ex starts backing the pickup and boat towards the lake. There is not boat launch and the water is low. The pickup gets stuck, we try our best to get it out and no such luck so they push the trailer and boat back enough to get the Bronco in there and hook it to the Bronco. It is just a small 14’ fishing boat so it is not real heavy. They put the Bronco in 4x4 and start backwards again. About 20 feet further the Bronco gets stuck. They unhook the trailer, now mind you that the pickup is still stuck and now the Bronco is too. Instead of getting the pickup unstuck with the Bronco they just wanted to go fishing and decided they would do it later. Well later the Bronco is stuck…oh well they say, they unhook the boat trailer once again and start shoving it backwards by hand, sure enough the boat trailer gets stuck. I mean the water is so low that it is really deep mud and a lot like quicksand. They go a little further and boom, suck, the boat trailer is stuck.
At this point I am sure they will stop and start getting things unstuck and give up on fishing. Nope not those two, they pick up the boat off the trailer and start carrying it to the water.
We finally get in the boat and off we go. We get out in the lake and the cold wind comes up. We also have my little 2 year old daughter with us and she is starting to get cold so they start rowing towards shore, the wind is blowing where this is a chore and a half and by now we have white caps that are splashing us as we go. It is almost dark by the time we get to the shore.
The carry the boat clear up to where the mud is not so bad and go back to get the trailer unstuck. They get the trailer unstuck and start on the Bronco. Needless to say it was close to midnight before we got everything unstuck, we are cold, miserable, hungry as we did not bring enough food. This trip taught me a good lesson which I still follow to this day. If you are going to be away from the main road and during cold months you always will have extra food, sleeping bag, water, a light in the car at all times.
In my Jeep today, we have two sleeping bags, extra food, lots of water, a light at all times. When I am going over the mountain in winter I take sleeping bags etc. In summer I always carry lots of water and you know what. It has paid off many times.
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