Hombre
05-02-2023, 12:58 PM
Last week we went to spend some time at our cabin in Broken Bow, and spend a little family time in general. The time was great, spent some time just sitting on the deck, riding the Side-by-Side, and in general hanging with family. On Saturday my dad and I were just getting back from lunch and I told him I was going to try and walk through the back of the property and see how short it was to hit the new Casino they're building.
I took off into the woods and figured it'd be a fairly short trip. You kind of need to head South West to hit the casino ground, and straight south is national forrest. After walking for quite a while I figured i wasn't going to hit the casino and decided I better head back. I started back and came across the first creek I crossed when going out. Then I came across another creek, about 6 foot wide. I hadn't crossed this one going out. I figured i was off track so I took out my phone and realized I only had 4% left. I called my dad and asked him to go out back and whistle. He use to always call us home when we were kids with that whistle and when you heard it you started running home. He went out, whistled, but I heard nothing. He asked if I was lost and I told him I'll find my way home, but I only have 4% left so I was turning off my phone.
I knew if I headed North I should hit cabins, if I went East I'd hit the lake, and West I'd hit the highway. So I headed off on what I thought was North. I walked for quite a ways without seeing anything. I've been turned around before in the woods and something that always surprises me is the way your mind will tell you to turn and go the other way, you're going the wrong way. I stayed the course and after what seemed like forever saw a cabin. It wasn't mine, and it wasn't a rental. The cabin had a Don't Tread on Me flag and No trespassing. I didn't feel like I had a lot of choice so I made it through the yard as quick as possible, with no incident.
Now I was in a neighborhood, and relieved. I only had to make it to a road I knew. After winding my way through the neighborhood I came out by the lake. I was about 3 miles from my cabin...just a bit of track! My next thought was I need to get ahold of my dad. I didn't want him to go looking for me or call someone to look for me. I powered up my phone, but an update hit and killed the last 4%. So, out of shape, I started running/Walking to get there as soon as possible.
I finally made it to the cabin and headed inside. I expected my dad to yell "is that you" but I didn't hear anything. My first thought was oh shit he went looking for me. I went downstairs to make sure he wasn't down there and there he sat in a recliner sleeping. He woke up briefly and said "I'm having a good nap". Guess he wasn't that worried.
Overall I made some really poor choices. I went out in pretty thick woods, had no water, no phone or compass or really anything that prepared me if I did get turned around. Live and learn I suppose.
I took off into the woods and figured it'd be a fairly short trip. You kind of need to head South West to hit the casino ground, and straight south is national forrest. After walking for quite a while I figured i wasn't going to hit the casino and decided I better head back. I started back and came across the first creek I crossed when going out. Then I came across another creek, about 6 foot wide. I hadn't crossed this one going out. I figured i was off track so I took out my phone and realized I only had 4% left. I called my dad and asked him to go out back and whistle. He use to always call us home when we were kids with that whistle and when you heard it you started running home. He went out, whistled, but I heard nothing. He asked if I was lost and I told him I'll find my way home, but I only have 4% left so I was turning off my phone.
I knew if I headed North I should hit cabins, if I went East I'd hit the lake, and West I'd hit the highway. So I headed off on what I thought was North. I walked for quite a ways without seeing anything. I've been turned around before in the woods and something that always surprises me is the way your mind will tell you to turn and go the other way, you're going the wrong way. I stayed the course and after what seemed like forever saw a cabin. It wasn't mine, and it wasn't a rental. The cabin had a Don't Tread on Me flag and No trespassing. I didn't feel like I had a lot of choice so I made it through the yard as quick as possible, with no incident.
Now I was in a neighborhood, and relieved. I only had to make it to a road I knew. After winding my way through the neighborhood I came out by the lake. I was about 3 miles from my cabin...just a bit of track! My next thought was I need to get ahold of my dad. I didn't want him to go looking for me or call someone to look for me. I powered up my phone, but an update hit and killed the last 4%. So, out of shape, I started running/Walking to get there as soon as possible.
I finally made it to the cabin and headed inside. I expected my dad to yell "is that you" but I didn't hear anything. My first thought was oh shit he went looking for me. I went downstairs to make sure he wasn't down there and there he sat in a recliner sleeping. He woke up briefly and said "I'm having a good nap". Guess he wasn't that worried.
Overall I made some really poor choices. I went out in pretty thick woods, had no water, no phone or compass or really anything that prepared me if I did get turned around. Live and learn I suppose.