Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Day 8 - A photo that makes me laugh

Did not even have to think about this one either.  No matter what my mood, reminiscing over this shot each time I look at it puts a smile on my dial!


We spent a great day at Landcruiser Park with the Coles family.  We'd put our cars through their paces on some great tracks, crossed some water courses and decided to hit the Pig Pen, a cool play area with activities carved into the land.

I managed to get my car stuck on the series of hills, which of course meant being dragged off via snatch strap by Craig.  Never a good thing when a Prado has to rescue a Patrol. 

It wasn't long though until the Patrol was paying back the favour.  I'd egged Craig into trying the water trap, and after only a few strains of "Go on, do it, do it, do it", he jumped into his car.  "Are you gonna walk it first" "Nah, it'll be alright".  Into the water the Prado goes - big bow wave pushing out in front.

However when the bow wave hit the end of the pit and bounced back, we knew there was going to be trouble!  The water raced over the bonnet of the car and into the open windows of the car.   I still break into a fit of giggles remembering Craig frantically trying to scoop water out of the window as it rushed in! 

To the roar of "Get the snatch, get us out", I jumped into the hip deep water and attached the snatch to the tow ball.  Bren hit the throttle and I had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit by a waterlogged Prado.

When the car was finally out of the water, Craig opened the doors to let the water out.  Think about one of those cartoons when water pours out the doors - all that was missing was a fish flopping around on the ground at the end.

Thankfully the day ended well.  After a spot of lunch (and a bit of time for the car to dry out), the car kicked over and we were on our way back through the park. 

Hands down funniest moment after that - as we went to cross our next creek (about 5 cm deep), Craig got out of the car with a sheepish grin on his face, walked the creek and advised that it was safe to cross.

Great day, great friends, great memories.


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