We were scouting for elk in Colorado the morning before the season opened, and were up on a dirt road pass about 12,000 feet. We got almost to the top and we saw a full size van up ahead, stuck in the snow. We pulled up to them and there was a teenage boy shoveling snow with a hubcap. He was wearing socks for mittens. His dad got out of the van, his head and hands went up in the air, “Praise the Lord” he shouted!
They had gotten directions as the trading post down the valley, took a wrong turn, drove up and got stuck. They and their mom had spent the night up there in the van, at 5 degrees, huddled in blankets. Boy were they glad to see us! We hooked up a chain and pulled them out, and sent them on their way. He told me ther first thing they were going to do was buy some real mittens and a shovel.
Crazy what folks will risk aint it......