Stranded

This holiday has already been one of adventure. It all started out on Tuesday night, when we went shopping for water and food to take with us when we traveled the next day. I had heard about this "blizzard" and thought it would be good to bring some food and water just in case something happened. So, Wednesday afternoon we started on our way to Emery County. We were having a good ride, the baby was sleeping and Jordi wasn't crying. We started up Salina canyon, and Courtney's Rodeo started to make funny sounds. He said he thought it was a belt. I told him not to worry too much because my car made the same sound for 3 years till i fixed the belt. I don't know about him, but i decided it wasn't a big deal and we would have my dad fix it when we got to Castle Dale. About 15 miles from the turn off to Castle Dale, the car just turned off. Courtney pulled over and got out of the car to take a look. When he came back in the car he said the S belt had just broke. I only started to freak out a little, but I knew i had to keep Courtney positive, so i put my worries behind. Courtney flagged down a car that was headed to Salt Lake (They were lost, we got them turned around the right way though) they said they would call my dad when they got phone service (yes we had no phone service). I told him just in case to flag down another car. The next car called my dad about 10-15 minutes after he left us and told my dad to get some parts and come fix the car. While we were waiting we saw my cousin drive past us. He put his brakes on and we were so excited he was going to stop. He didn't stop though we just watched his car drive around the bend. (It's okay Brandon i realized you didn't know it was us for sure) After our hopes of being rescued were smashed a cop drove up. He told us the safest thing was to call a tow truck, and away he went to call for a tow. 90 minutes and $145 later we were safe in Emery. Right after we got off the freeway we saw my dad driving to save us. He was too caught up in his book he didn't even notice us. I was lucky enough to get phone service and was lucky that the only part of the conversation my dad caught was turn around. We waited in Emery for 5 minutes and my dad came and rescued us. Thanks dad. I was so thankful that we broke down where we did for a few reasons.

1. We were in the only spot where there was sun. It was 10 degrees outside.

2. We were close enough to Emery that it didn't cost too much for the tow, and my dad was able to come fix our car.

3. We had planned and backed lost of blankets and food and water.

4. We were going up a hill. Courtney said it was hard for him to brake and hard for him to turn.

It had been an adventure so far and we can't wait to see what else happens. It'll be a Thanksgiving to remember.

Kambri all bundled up