STUPIDITY

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This is a hard blog given the subject matter but here it goes......I/Brian had been wanting to go fishing on my days off. Last night we tried Surprise lake and it was crowded, windy and the fish were not biting so we left after about an hour of no luck just broken lines and drowned worms.

This morning I/Brian received a text from David saying if he got off early he wanted to go fishing. Brian drove down to the Gila river and was looking for spots for us to try later. As I approached the river, I noticed several areas normally used by people fishing had been fenced off for the PIR construction project and new roads around the river. I found an open road and drove in about a quarter of a mile and realized the road practically stopped at the river.

Deciding to turn around, I quickly found myself getting stuck with the soft sand and river rock. After trying to dig out, I called Jay who walked down to the river carrying a shovel and some water for us. After Jay arrived we tried everything we could think of to get the truck out of the sand. We quickly discovered we were on an underground spring and no matter what we did the truck kept sinking.

After eating crow and calling Vicki and telling her what I had done, we found a local tow company and called to inquire about the service. Wow tow bills can be expensive and this one cost me $200.00 per hour and was charged from the time the truck left the shop until they were finished. Well the total service call took less than 30 mins. and the bill was only $200.00.

Funny part is the driver knew exactly where I was and said they usually get calls to pick up stolen vehicles without the tires and they are much harder to recover. So after about 4 hours of baking in the sun, we got the truck out. Oh and no I did not catch any fish........

So what a lesson to learn especially when your kids know what happened and tell all their friends who say not nice things and your wife is mad and said you should have just stayed home. Well next time I will walk where ever we are headed and not try this. Just for your amusement I am attaching pictures.