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Bambi_Bandit · 03-21-2006, 10:09 PM

A series of bad turns ends on a good note for all...

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nation...ily_Found.html

Rgds

Kevin

Porky Pig · 03-21-2006, 10:16 PM

Good news they found them ...

Remind me not to show this story to Petunia ... it's her worse nightmare.

**Stefrobrts** · 03-21-2006, 10:17 PM

I saw that on the news tonight. Amazing. It just goes to show you don't really have to get that far off the main roads before you can be deep in the country, deep in the snow, and out of cell phone range, especially out here in the NW.

Every winter there are stories of people wandering down the wrong road, either lost or exploring, or just getting in over their head on a route they've taken in better weather. Glad to see this one turned out for the best. After all, if I was going to be stranded, I'd want to be stranded with my RV!

jordandvm · 03-21-2006, 11:21 PM

If they would have had Onstar.....there never would have been a problem finding them! That's why I like Onstar and satellite phone in my Chevy Avalanche! It gives me a higher sense of security while in the boonies! I think it's a good investment!

**Stefrobrts** · 03-21-2006, 11:27 PM

Jim, does it really work everywhere? I just laugh when people talk about cell phone coverage, cells don't even work at our house, nor most campgrounds, or much of our trip to OK and back. We consider them pretty useless insurance - when you need it it probably won't work.

jordandvm · 03-21-2006, 11:33 PM

we find if we're in a canyon with high walls, or in a heavily forested area......the trees may affect the satellite signal.....but if our TV isn't stuck....we'd just need to drive to an area without the interference. So it's not completely foolproof.....but a whole lot better than just cell phone coverage.

FiveGreers · 03-22-2006, 05:31 AM

That's amazing! Glad it turned out for the best!

Silvertwinkie · 03-26-2006, 11:02 PM

Saw something on the news about a meth lab or something like it and the parents are being charged........if we're talking about the same family that was lost in an RV a week or so ago.....

**Stefrobrts** · 03-26-2006, 11:14 PM

I had to dig to find that.

http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APS...D8GJ03P04.html

They were wanted on warrents in another state. I guess if you're on the lam, that's not the kind of attention you want to generate.

I'd say they'd have to be fried to try and take a shortcut through the mountains in March, but people do it all the time without any good excuse.

clancy_boy · 03-27-2006, 12:16 AM

Sorry to say, but if they led their family into the backwoods to enjoy the "goodlife" of misuse of drugs than they were lucky they were found alive.

Westfalia · 03-27-2006, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by jordandvm

If they would have had Onstar.....there never would have been a problem finding them! That's why I like Onstar and satellite phone in my Chevy Avalanche! It gives me a higher sense of security while in the boonies! I think it's a good investment!

OnStar is NOT a satellite phone. It does have a GPS receiver, but uses a cellular network to receive instructions from OnStar or to send emergency info back to OnStar. No cell signal, no OnStar.

Now a dedicated satellite phone (like Iridium) is a different story and will work anywhere you have a clear view of the sky.

markdoane · 03-27-2006, 09:16 AM

I guess I can understand the Meth connection.

When Junior and the missus took off to find help, they took cans of tuna fish and a jar of honey for provisions. Sounds like a Meth diet.

wahoonc · 03-27-2006, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by markdoane

I guess I can understand the Meth connection.

When Junior and the missus took off to find help, they took cans of tuna fish and a jar of honey for provisions. Sounds like a Meth diet.

Mark,
I agree to a point...depending on what was available it is actually a good choice, the tuna fish being high in protein and the honey being a sugar, makes for good survival food. I keep some odds and ends in my truck tool box just in case I get stuck somewhere, and tuna fish, honey, freezedried coffe and ramen noodles are in that box.

along with a small filtration system and cook stove.

Aaron

ALANSD · 03-27-2006, 09:44 AM

seems a little like the movie of a year or two ago where Ted Danson and his wife head out in their Classic AS Motorhome, and get stuck in a New England snow storm...running out of propane and gasoline and food they barely make it...the best part was seeing the Motorhome of course

wheel interested · 03-27-2006, 09:48 AM

I read they said they were in someone else's house and the drugs did not belong to them, the police let them go with an agreement to cooperate and help them, but they took off breaking that agreement. And that there were no plans from the state they were found in to send them back.

Alan that was a great movie!

Aaron, I always like peanut butter for energy.

wahoonc · 03-27-2006, 10:14 AM

wheelinterested,
Peanut butter is good...but I don't like it. I guess because that was about all I ate as a kid... PB&J

I also keep a couple of Heater Meals too. They have saved me from myself more than a couple of times, when I have gotten somewhere too late to get a decent dinner. Now if somebody would just come up with dehydrated beer....

Aaron

markdoane · 03-27-2006, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by wahoonc

wheelinterested,
Peanut butter is good...but I don't like it. . . IAaron

Aaron,

That's the whole point. If you like it, you will snack on it.

During WWII, the AAF developed survival bars made from chocolate. Great energy density because of the high fat content, like peanut butter.

The problem was the pilots were snacking on them during routine flights.

When they needed them, there were none left.

wheel interested · 03-27-2006, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by wahoonc

wheelinterested,
Peanut butter is good...but I don't like it. I guess because that was about all I ate as a kid... PB&J

I also keep a couple of Heater Meals too. They have saved me from myself more than a couple of times, when I have gotten somewhere too late to get a decent dinner. Now if somebody would just come up with dehydrated beer....

Aaron

These are cool. Look 6pk for 20 dollars special! How do they taste? Like the freeze dried Mountain House products, better?
http://www.heatermeals.com/store/pro...5ae579115dffb2

clancy_boy · 03-27-2006, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wheel interested

These are cool. Look 6pk for 20 dollars special! How do they taste? Like the freeze dried Mountain House products, better?
http://www.heatermeals.com/store/pro...5ae579115dffb2

You can live off these things but the Red Cross here in MS passed out thousands of cases of these after the storm. I never found one that tasted "good". Lots of MSG and SALT. Really had to drink alot of water with these. MRE's I found were better.

Mike