Post by gunnison on Dec 10, 2011 1:26:54 GMT -5
well.. im gonna say it was october 2005 but im not sure.. dad and I went to colorado to hunt elk and had gone to the Gunnison national forest with a bunch of people we knew from Pueblo and home in Va. Our camp was way back off the main road up in a place called spring park I think.. The elevation was at around 10000 feet.. We had been there several days doin our thing and all was great. There was a lake full of trout about 4 miles from camp that I wanted to go fish one eve after it had gotten dark so I got my pack and a couple beers and took off on the fourwheeler to the lake. Before I left I helped T BONE stoke the fire cause the others were chowin down on dinner. I told them where I was goin and was out. Its a rough ride in a truck to the main road but not bad on a quad so I was rollin on and havin a great ride. So ive ridden about ten minutes or so and I top the ridge to see the lake waaay off in the distance and I quickly decide its too damn far to go as late as it is.... Its also waaaaay to damn cold to keep ridin out there.. was about 10 degrees.. Any way.. I turn back and goto the low spot in the road (this is all washed out gravel and non maintained forest road) where I can see the Santa De Christa mountains to my east.... The moon was out and the stars were amazing! I could see the white caps on the mountains 2 hours away! It was stunning.. So i stopped and killed the quad. lit a smoke and just took in the amazing setting I was in..... I had been sitting there for a minute or so and I heard a sound that was like a train starting its engine... but it was only a burst... I said WTF was that??? I sat there looking around and up tryin to figure it out... WUUUUMP! It did it again! W T F! Im outa here ! Secure my gear and chn cnh cnhcnhcnh.... the quad wont start. again and again I tried ti start it. no luck. I guess I prayed hard enough and it finally started and I was EFFIN OUT! As I hauled ass back to camp I looked to the east over the mountains and saw a huge meteor?? It trailed out at the same speed I was and burst into 5 or 6 smaller pieces... Man that was cool... But I was still freaked out by what I heard and sped off to camp. when I got back there was no one up except t bone at the fire and the fire was a pile of coals.. He asked me where I had been and I said at the sign on the road where I stopped... no more than 10 mins away. He said they had all gone out to look for me andI was not there.......... I could only be in the road.... i cant go off the road in that area.... Its too rough.... I went and talked to my dad but he only chewed my ass about it... That piiiissssed me off so I just went back to the fire and had a few beers w t bone..... `He kept asking me tho... "Where you been man?.... We been looking for you." I asked him how long and he said at least 2 hours..... At the time it didnt even register with me...... 3 or4 years later I start thinkin about it like it just came to me.... WTF man...... 
Dad still wont talk to me about it... Im going back the next chance I get... even if its 1900 miles away
Dad still wont talk to me about it... Im going back the next chance I get... even if its 1900 miles away