Camping Trip of A Lifetime

Tyler has been talking about going hiking at the Sespe Hot Springs for MONTHS. Since it was the holiday week, he really wanted to go. He suckered his brother-in-law, Drew to go with him. After Tyler did the research, it was a 10 mile hike in and out. On Thursday night, Tyler came home after work and got ready for the hike, a couple of minutes Drew showed up and they were off. So this is how his trip went after they left our house. They dropped Tyler's car at the end of the hike and drove Drew's car to the beginning. They weren't able to drive the car in all the way due to an ice lake blocking their path. So that added 4 miles to their hike. They slept in the car on Thursday night. In the morning they ate some oatmeal and left for their adventure. They started hiking in a light rain and Tyler thought he saw a couple snow flakes. In the middle of the first day Tyler got blisters on the heals of his feet. After hiking 14 miles in, they finally reached the Hot Springs at 1 pm. The Hot Springs weren't as cool as they thought. They had a lot of mushy debris in the water that they cleaned out for half an hour before going in. After taking a dip, they checked the map and realized that they had 15.2 miles to hike the next day. So they ate and went to bed. It was really cold. Tyler said he woke up every hour. The next morning. The made the trek back. Tyler was in so much pain with his blisters, after a mile and a half he had to wear his sandals so that his feet could breathe. After hiking for hours, and not being able to stop for lunch they were about 5 miles from the end, they ran out of water. But luckily right before dark they made it back from the car. About 6:30 I received a call from Tyler saying that he was alright.

While Tyler and Drew where gone, Ashley, Chloe, Lizette, and I all had a girls weekend. It was fun. Lizette and Chloe had fun playing with each other, and Ashley and I played Guitar Hero. While the boys were freezing their butts off. The girls were all sleeping in nice warm beds. The next morning we all went out for breakfast. I was really happy that Ashley was at my house for the weekend. I didn't worry as much about my husband until 6:00 pm on Saturday. Ashley and I didn't know what time we needed to call the Search and Rescue Team, but about a half hour later received said call. Thanks Ashley and Chloe for hanging out with us for the weekend....

I also think that Ashley and I should go somewhere for the weekend while leaving the kids with the men... How does Mexico sound???