This incident happened a couple of months ago but I still giggle over it. Partly because it serves as a good example of the scrapes my brothers get themselves into.<\/p>\n
Daniel and Darin went in together and bought a ski boat. A VERY nice ski boat. As Darin wants to compete with wake boarding (and may be sponsered so I hear:), he needed a good boat with a……hmmmmm…what is that word? The tall bar that the ski rope attaches too? Someone help me out here. Anyhow, so they purchase a real beauty and they love it. Personally, I wouldn’t purchase a vehicle of any description with my siblings. My thoughts on how one play’s it safe in an off road vehicle and there thoughts vary widely:). <\/p>\n
So Daniel, Darin, and Aviel (our cousin) go to Lake Roosevelt for the day to fish, ski, and hunt. (They were hunting geese). At about 11:00 AM they were cruising along and suddenly hit a huge sand bar and completely bank the boat on this island. Important point – Daniel was driving NOT Darin. Unbelievable I know. I still wonder if there was some cover up going on because we all would have pinned this on Darin LOL. Note: Darin has the same focus issue that I do so no one would have been surprised if he got caught up in talking and beached the boat. Sorry Darin but true:)
\nImagine Darin’s delight though that it was big brother that committed this error and not himself. <\/p>\n
The three worked feverishly for hours and hours to get the boat off the island but to no avail. They were not dressed for an evening on the lake and they had no food (of course). At about 5:00 PM, they were worn out and exhausted and knew they needed to put plan B into motion. They hailed the sherrif (who also could not get them out) and the sheriff took Daniel to the dock where he drove home to get help. <\/p>\n
The plan (as I understood it) when Daniel left was that Darin and Aviel would spend the night with the boat and Daniel would return early in the morning with a crew. As the evening faded to darkness, Darin and Aviel found that this plan stunk. They were stuck on an island with one coke and one goose. They were wet and freezing and starving. They got some gear and swam to the shoreline where they built themselves a fire (how did they do that I wonder?). They shared the coke and put the goose on a quickly built spit and ate it. It was the worst goose they had ever eaten. (And you thought I was just being funny and witty with my title). Somehow, they managed to get Daniel on the cell phone. Did they have a cell phone with them? Amazing they were within range. I bet there is a story on this point also. They insisted that there was no possible way they would agree to stay all night on the lake without food or new clothes so Daniel was going to have to assemble a midnight team.<\/p>\n
Daniel, being the resourceful person that he is, managed to get Josh and Romey (and others…don’t remember who…Jodi?) and two more boats. They put several plans together figuring they were going to need backups:). The plan that worked included telephone poles and large tire tubes. They put the inner tubes under the boat, blew them up and then somehow manuevered the telephone poles underneath and literally rolled the boat off the island. The tubes were to protect the bottom. I may have this story totally screwed up now that I am writing it but I do know they used telephone poles and inner tubes. Jodi, can you help me out here? Post your edits and clear up my story. This is making less sense by the minute.<\/p>\n
At any rate, they finally got the boat off the lake at 5:00 AM! LOL. Not sure they think this is funny but big sister certainely does:). Note: easier to laugh when you are not the one shelling out the mulah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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