Stuck

Although I checked the weather before I left Broadus and it looked ok, I couldn’t re-check it once inside the Custer, because I had no cell service.

It had rained the night before and the roads were slippery.

I got stuck on a flat surface. 10 miles from the survey.

My wheels spun.

I got stuck around 9 AM and waited all day in this field for the road to dry out so I could continue.

It drizzled throughout the day and I wondered what would happen if the road never dried out. Maybe my boss would send the Sheriff to check on me, and maybe the Sheriff would get stuck too. And she probably wouldn’t have any food or water so I would have to share what little I have left. The two of us would sit here stuck and hungry. And every other person they sent out would get stuck too…

I told myself that if I could get within 5 miles of the survey, I would walk the rest in the morning. Around sunset, my wheels turned and I was able to mince forward about five miles.

I was so happy to get here.