More camping tales...
Here is Little Bear & her daddy having a nice peaceful float on a rubber raft.
Little Bear wasn't entirely keen on the boat, however it kept her out of the very cold water so she didn't fuss too much.
This was the first day we were camping. The next day everyone except Little Bear & I (3 adults & 3 children) decided to take the raft up the rapids, all climb in & ride it down. All of them can swim.
They did this successfully once & decided to go again. The second time down wasn't quite so good.
As they were rushing down one particular spot, the raft was swept by the rapids into a tree.
I will now give you Cheetah's version of this story.
"The boat crashed into a tree and I went smashing into the tree and T was underwater & I was tangled in the rope which was wrapped around my finger & it was the only thing stopping me from drowning & it nearly severed my finger. I nearly died & the boat is still stuck in the tree 'cause Uncle J couldn't get it out."
I thought he was exaggerating. Some bits were exaggerated, but not as much as I thought.
The boat crashed into the tree with half the occupants going one way, half going the other & Cousin T going under. Cheetah got tangled in the tree with the boat. DH grabbed him, asked if he was OK & when Cheetah said yes he got shoved to the river bank. DH then went looking for the other kids. Aunty M had gone forward & when she looked back she could see Uncle J but Couldn't see either of her two kids. Uncle J meantime had found Cousin C who was panicking (out of view behind the tree to Aunty M) & he managed to get her off to the side & raced back to extract cousin T who was still under water.
It happened very quickly with none of the adults exactly sure what happened when the boat hit the tree.
All were OK with only some scratches & bruises & some very bad memories to speak of. I have written a very brief & unembellished story (there was other stuff that happened) because I wasn't there, so I don't know exactly what happened & the adults that were don't really want to talk about it. It must have been quite traumatic.
Everyone survived except the raft. I think everyone was so glad the kids were alive, they didn't really care about the raft.
6 comments:
Cheetah's story takes a lot longer when he tells it with all the added dramatics. Sounds like it was quite scary!
To give a bit more background around Cheetah's story - this is the first thing I heard when they got back to camp & he was talking at a million miles an hour over the top of the other kids who were also giving there versions of the story at a million miles an hour also. They were talking fast partly because of trying to get in first with the story but also because of far too much excitement for one day.
Thanks goodness everyone was Ok!
That must have been scary!
What a fright for everyone! Glad all were okay.
I am so glad that Cheetah learnt to swim (and his cousins for that matter). If children didn't have gaurdian angels, I'm sure none of them would survive childhood.
I bet it gave everyone a fright. Glad they all lived to tell the tale.
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