This past weekend Jay and I were chaperons on a the Jr. High Camping Trip for Binimea. Saturday morning we, along with 2 other teachers, loaded up 12 students (9 boys, 3 girls) for an overnight camping trip in Majalca, a park that is about 20 miles from Chihuahua.
The campsites are all situated along a riverbed, and the riverbed, if it hasn't been raining, acts as the road.
Saturday we set up camp and the kids played football, went on hikes, and ate a lot of food. Unfortunately, that afternoon it started raining, and it kept raining into the evening. That caused the river to rise.
After we had roasted some hot-dogs and it was dark, we heard a truck coming down the riverbed. It made it about 200ft. past our campsite and then we heard a "clunk" and the truck stopped moving. The driver had gotten his truck balanced on a boulder. We helped him get it off in the morning.
Most of the kids had spent the day in the river, and when the temps dropped at night, they all froze throughout the night.
The next morning Jay and I made eggs for all the kids and we held a devotional time. Then it was back to the hikes and the football.
The river rose through the night, but Sunday was bright and sunny and by the time we left, it had dropped enough for us to try and get our cars out.
We did run into some trouble when we came across a half sunk Jeep Liberty. We tried to help pull them out and almost got stuck ourselves.
Soon we were past the block and on our way home.
We made it safely. We were all exhausted in school today, but we all had some good stories to tell.
2 comments:
It's so funny to see a picture of Jay in Majalca with his WIFE!
Hey, I'm Eric Seevers. I'm not sure if I'm cool enough to have been mentioned to you or not but my love for all the Taylors is far greater than the shame of posting on a stranger's blog especially since you're included in that wonderful family. Lori said you write a pretty good blog so I thought I'd check it out. Later.
Eric
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