Friday, March 15, 2013

The Shortest OAR Trip Ever

The weather was not in my favor in February. The climbing trip to Sand Rock was cancelled because it was going to be too cold, so Jeff decided we would hike along the Suwannee River in Florida instead. We met around 9 AM on Saturday morning and shuffled into cars, heading about an hour away for our hike. While I was shuttling people from one end of the trail to the other, I ran over something in the middle of the road. When I stopped to pay for the park entrance fee, someone noticed gasoline leaking from my car. I had split my gas tank all the way down. We tried to patch it with gum but we were unsuccessful. The park rangers were very helpful but they informed me that I needed to move the car asap because gasoline is bad for the environment. I called AAA and they were useless. I was very disappointed with their lack of help and I called my mom in a panic. Luckily, her friends had a hitch and a dolly, so they drove from Jacksonville to get me. 

The OAR kids waited patiently even though I urged them to go ahead and hike without me. It started to rain and it was cold outside, so we all huddled under a park pavilion for warmth and dryness. They waited until my mom was less than 10 minutes away. I ended up home and carless for the weekend, my OAR adventure only lasting a few hours.

Events occurred: February 16, 2013 

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