Certain of my family members keep informing me that "We don't have hurricanes in Utah!" (so, maybe I should say, "hurricane-like conditions" during a micro burst thunderstorm to appease those persons!)
Anyway, we were just the "Day Use" people, but there were other people who were camping there...and when the hurricane came, they.were.in.trouble! Their dingy boat became airborne and then flew/tumbled afar off. There were 5+ people trying to fight the awnings of their RVs to get them down. Others' tents were blowing over sideways and entire canopies were blown up and away and then the frame went tumbling after. We hurried into action chasing down some of these items for them and helping with the awnings, etc. and then we could leave since we were "Day Use" people. We drove away feeling very sorry for all those people. In fact, we drove 45 min. back to our place grateful that we were NOT those people.
And then, we came upon OUR camp and this is what we saw.....
Our distance from Palisades had NOT made us immune from the storm.
Apparently, the same weather had found us.
Our tent was down.
It was soaking wet (& still raining).
There were puddles on top and puddles inside (our windows had been left open.)
All of our bags, clothes, pads, sleeping bags were inside, in those puddles.
We crawled in the collapsed, wet tent to "rescue" our things.
We were drowned rats. (sorry no photo taken)
We had to "relocate" for a time.
And live out of our car.
It took an entire day/night to dry out.
The final night, we moved back into our tent, only to be awakened by Katelyn screaming out. Upon investigation, we found her (and her pillow, sleeping bag, & pad) covered in throw up - with a good portion of it matted in her curly locks! A middle-of-the-night trip to the community shower was in order. As she cried the whole while!
We are the world's worst camping neighbors! (Everyone around us was "treated" to her yelling in the night last week, too, at our ward campout.)
So, now, after several nights of crappy sleep, I get to do my first Triathlon tomorrow --
Wish Me Luck!
6 comments:
See, that's EXACTLY why we don't camp. What part of that sounds fun with young kids??!?!
Seriously, I would've been one of those that said, "We don't have hurricanes in Utah". I've never heard of those little storms. Talk about bizarre!
Good luck! It sounds like Katelyn is trying to be your Ryker. I am so sorry you had such a rough week. It is so horrible to have to be social when you are exhausted!
triatholon? you nuts!
Oh man, I'm sorry you had such an adventure...sometimes camping isn't as fun as it should be...but I still love it! Better luck next time.
Wow! We must be distantly related -- I just expect this kind of thing (and my name isn't even Murphy).
Was that Katelyn screaming last weekend?
If it gives you any peace of mind, we heard her, and then we rolled over and went back to sleep -- and we were right next door.
A triatholon really? I would take a weeks worth of pukey babies and flooded campsites over that! Good luck.
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