aquaknight
Active Member
All over a stupid turtle...
Noticed a turtle a couple nights ago on the road, and saw him again last night, so I grabbed it, and decided to relocate him instead of seeing him smashed on the busy road.
Knew a decent spot to take him that's undeveloped. So I jumped in my Dad's truck and started off. It's up a ways on the creek we usually take the dogs swimming, and I'd had gone tubing at that specific area, and floated down to the dog park before. But there was a road that lead deeper in the foresty area that I hadn't been on, but from Bing satellite images, knew it looped back out.. So why not? I said.... Big mistake. The road, if you call it that, basically runs between the creek , and a pond. After just a few moments on the road, I knew we were in too far.
Well, as luck would have it, the pond started to overflow into the road. Guessing were the road was and were the pond started, I dropped the right front wheel off, and the truck slipped partially into the pond. I tried to rim ride the pond, but the embankment down to the pond was too steep. I couldn't get the front wheel back up/ Managed to do a number the foliage too.
I ended up literally about 300 feet where it opened back up. How I got a stock 2wd GMC Envoy with an open diff, that far into the woods is beyond me. I knew that I had to keep my speed up, cuz if I slowed down, I was done for. Which would have been fine, if the road was wider then a bike trail. Luckily the tow truck company I called, knew exactly where I was, and send someone in there personal pick-up to come "snatch" me outta there.
Noticed a turtle a couple nights ago on the road, and saw him again last night, so I grabbed it, and decided to relocate him instead of seeing him smashed on the busy road.
Knew a decent spot to take him that's undeveloped. So I jumped in my Dad's truck and started off. It's up a ways on the creek we usually take the dogs swimming, and I'd had gone tubing at that specific area, and floated down to the dog park before. But there was a road that lead deeper in the foresty area that I hadn't been on, but from Bing satellite images, knew it looped back out.. So why not? I said.... Big mistake. The road, if you call it that, basically runs between the creek , and a pond. After just a few moments on the road, I knew we were in too far.
Well, as luck would have it, the pond started to overflow into the road. Guessing were the road was and were the pond started, I dropped the right front wheel off, and the truck slipped partially into the pond. I tried to rim ride the pond, but the embankment down to the pond was too steep. I couldn't get the front wheel back up/ Managed to do a number the foliage too.
I ended up literally about 300 feet where it opened back up. How I got a stock 2wd GMC Envoy with an open diff, that far into the woods is beyond me. I knew that I had to keep my speed up, cuz if I slowed down, I was done for. Which would have been fine, if the road was wider then a bike trail. Luckily the tow truck company I called, knew exactly where I was, and send someone in there personal pick-up to come "snatch" me outta there.
