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Well I went out to my local state park this morning with a buddy to do some light day hiking. We set off from the trail head at 9:00 a.m. and just did the normal thing. Walk, take a few rests, and look at whatever was interesting a long the way.
At one point we came to what looked like a trail and had definitely been used by someone. A few minutes down the trail and it's not much of anything anymore. We decide to keep going and see where it takes us. (This is about a 1500 acre park that is fenced in so you can't get too lost) A few minutes after that I think I hear something and tell my buddy to stop and listen. A few seconds after we stop we hear a girl calling for her dad and her sister who I won't name. We keep listening and she keeps calling for them. So we start heading that way (which is just over to our right not too far from the sound of her voice).
We soon see a girl that is probably 12ish, and simply ask her if she is separated from whoever she is calling for. She says yes and she keeps calling and starts to walk off. At this point we really are not on a trail, and neither of us feel OK about just letting her keep looking by herself, so we follow and just ask her a few questions about where she thinks she was separated and so on. A minute or two after that my buddy starts yelling the dads name, and we don't hear anything. We keep walking with her, calling here and there, and finally we hear someone shout back. After a bit more shouting we finally make it to her dad and sister. I tell him we found her looking for you... and didn't want to leave her by herself out here. He hardly gives us a glance, and doesn't say a word to us. I was expecting a thank you... but I guess it's the thought that counts.
Just glad we got her back to her father. It's pure luck we heard her because she was not calling out loudly at all. Only thing separating us from her was just some thick brush we couldn't see through. She should of had a whistle or something out there. Also said her dad did not have his cell phone on him at the time.
Here are just some random pictures I snapped along the way. Two are pretty terrible with the sun in the lens... but that's why I'm not a photographer for a living.
The boulder laying parallel with the river was probably 10ft tall or so. Big rocks to say the least.
At one point we came to what looked like a trail and had definitely been used by someone. A few minutes down the trail and it's not much of anything anymore. We decide to keep going and see where it takes us. (This is about a 1500 acre park that is fenced in so you can't get too lost) A few minutes after that I think I hear something and tell my buddy to stop and listen. A few seconds after we stop we hear a girl calling for her dad and her sister who I won't name. We keep listening and she keeps calling for them. So we start heading that way (which is just over to our right not too far from the sound of her voice).
We soon see a girl that is probably 12ish, and simply ask her if she is separated from whoever she is calling for. She says yes and she keeps calling and starts to walk off. At this point we really are not on a trail, and neither of us feel OK about just letting her keep looking by herself, so we follow and just ask her a few questions about where she thinks she was separated and so on. A minute or two after that my buddy starts yelling the dads name, and we don't hear anything. We keep walking with her, calling here and there, and finally we hear someone shout back. After a bit more shouting we finally make it to her dad and sister. I tell him we found her looking for you... and didn't want to leave her by herself out here. He hardly gives us a glance, and doesn't say a word to us. I was expecting a thank you... but I guess it's the thought that counts.
Just glad we got her back to her father. It's pure luck we heard her because she was not calling out loudly at all. Only thing separating us from her was just some thick brush we couldn't see through. She should of had a whistle or something out there. Also said her dad did not have his cell phone on him at the time.
Here are just some random pictures I snapped along the way. Two are pretty terrible with the sun in the lens... but that's why I'm not a photographer for a living.
The boulder laying parallel with the river was probably 10ft tall or so. Big rocks to say the least.
