Last weekend, we attended the Potter's Pond - Geocaching Event, which is a celebration of the placement of Utah's first geocache. It was our third time attending this geocaching event and it was as exciting as the last time.
This year we setup camp with PeanutsParents (Brian & Jenni), cooked up a dutch oven meal to share (Byron's One Pot Dinner), and we made a trip to the ER in Price. Yep, it was the first evening of the trip when Ken decided to chop wood for the fire; after stomping on a log to break it in half, he ended up with a branch through the side of his shoe and into the arch of his food. It took pliers from the car-emergency kit to remove the wood fragments before he could take off his shoe to see the damage done. After removing the shoe and sock, we thought it was best to go to an ER. It was a 50-mile drive to the Price ER (ugh) and a three hour wait, since a head trauma case and a heart-attack victim came in that night. The head trauma case was a boy who had jumped head first into the shallow end of a pool; he was really messed up and was upset when they came out with a neck brace.
Ken's foot was x-rayed; although wood doesn't show up well on an x-ray, there was a possibility of seeing large fragments; none were found. After a tetanus shot, receiving prescriptions for antibiotics and pain, he was finally discharged from the hospital. We made it back to camp at 2:30 a.m.
The next day it was a drive to Mt. Pleasant for drugs and medical supplies. That night we made a giant camp fire, roasted marshmallows, and I told some lame ghost stories that I had down-loaded to my iphone (yes, there are bad people and Captain Chuckles in the woods - luckily we didn't come across either). We had a great time camping and hope to make it to the event next year.
This year we setup camp with PeanutsParents (Brian & Jenni), cooked up a dutch oven meal to share (Byron's One Pot Dinner), and we made a trip to the ER in Price. Yep, it was the first evening of the trip when Ken decided to chop wood for the fire; after stomping on a log to break it in half, he ended up with a branch through the side of his shoe and into the arch of his food. It took pliers from the car-emergency kit to remove the wood fragments before he could take off his shoe to see the damage done. After removing the shoe and sock, we thought it was best to go to an ER. It was a 50-mile drive to the Price ER (ugh) and a three hour wait, since a head trauma case and a heart-attack victim came in that night. The head trauma case was a boy who had jumped head first into the shallow end of a pool; he was really messed up and was upset when they came out with a neck brace.
Ken's foot was x-rayed; although wood doesn't show up well on an x-ray, there was a possibility of seeing large fragments; none were found. After a tetanus shot, receiving prescriptions for antibiotics and pain, he was finally discharged from the hospital. We made it back to camp at 2:30 a.m.
The next day it was a drive to Mt. Pleasant for drugs and medical supplies. That night we made a giant camp fire, roasted marshmallows, and I told some lame ghost stories that I had down-loaded to my iphone (yes, there are bad people and Captain Chuckles in the woods - luckily we didn't come across either). We had a great time camping and hope to make it to the event next year.
Windmills near Spanish Fork.
Wood fragments from Ken's foot.
Price ER waiting room.
Becoming superhuman under the x-ray machine.
Eww... gross.
Brian and Jenni with the log we sawed in half using a bow-saw and hatchet (yeah, it took a while).
The Chef.
FIRE!
The FJ with Miller's Flat Reservoir in the background.
Heading home.
PeanutsParents and ArticScarab.
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