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OOPS

7/15/2015

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When you get a Toyota truck stuck, you know you are stuck.
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It started out as a simple task of taking salt to the neighbor's cows.  Our neighbor was recently injured and we were helping out a little.
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Luckily Dave knew the road could be difficult. We hadn't been on it since the flooding of last fall.  So he came prepared with the right equipment.
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He had to saw some trees in order to prepare to pull the truck out.  
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We had a come-along. Dave hooked it to a tree and started slowly pulling the truck.

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We were making some progress when.....oops again
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Another, deeper hole.  I was starting to have doubts by now.  Dave re-thought his approach,  and tried different angles with the come-along.  
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Then the front end fell in.. Oh dear.
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Dave kept re positioning and pulling.  He got in and tried to move it, having me run the come-along. 
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Finally after quite  a while and several attempts we got it out.  But, we still had to get through the crossing.  Dave made a path a different way through it and I crossed my fingers.
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The last hill he had to make a couple attempts to get up it.  I was afraid we were going to get stuck again.. As you can see, Dave was laughing at me.
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We did get out and were on our way. We didn't know what might be in store for us ahead.  We had a long way to go yet. 
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We made it up the rest of the road without incident and enjoyed the beauty of the canyon. This is an old miner's cabin.  
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The hill above where they mined.
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We got the salt delivered and headed back down the same road.  Oh my.. 
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I guess the moral  of this story is to take the proper tools when on back roads.
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1 Comment
mom
7/22/2015 02:05:09 pm

All I can say is wow, amazing and what a fine job Dave did of geting you out of this mess! Loved the pics, lots of action, so glad you made it back home safely!

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    Hi, My name is Tana.  I live in the high desert of Nevada, It is heaven on earth. 
     I am a rancher's wife and I want to share my story.

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