It was a great cabin we rented and there was plenty of snow. I had a 4-wheel-drive vehicle that we took so snow wouldn't be a problem. We went there straight from the after-marriage-luncheon. We left everyone behind and the two of us set out for our first adventure together. And an adventure was exactly what we got.Joe was great! He went out in the snow and picked up with his bare hands frozen logs of wood covered in snow so he could get a fire started for me. It was cold up there and he wanted me to be as comfortable as possible. He even set up pillows and blankets by the fire so I could get warm while he took care of unloading the car and making us something to eat. He treated me with respect, and made me feel so special. I will never forget that night.
The next day I started feeling sick. I had a sore throat, which turned out to be strep throat...argh!!! But Joe knew exactly what to do...He went out into the woods with a knife, looking for a wild root that he learned, when was in the Marines during survival training, would help in my time of need. He dug through the snow with his bare hands to find the roots...he brought the root back and by the fire boiled the root that he said would make me all better...(just kidding...lol...He opened a can of chicken broth and warmed it up for me), He was so thoughtful and gave no thought for himself through the whole trip. He made sure i felt his love, and there was no doubt in my mind...I was his only desire...ME!
We stayed that night and the next day we really had nothing planned to do. Joe made me breakfast and we decided to go for a drive. We drove to a distant town to a tiny grocery store. We bought a few items and found they had some DVDs there so we bought a couple. The cabin did have satellite, but we couldn't find anything to watch so we were hoping these movies would help give us something to do. We bought Spiderman and Solaris. Spiderman was great but Solaris is the one that would forever stay in our memories. It was the slowest movie on the planet and was weird. It was a total waste of time. The only reason we kept watching it was because we thought for sure SOMETHING would happen in the movie to make it worth watching. Nope. That movie is now a joke between us. He teases me about it because I chose it. Hey, it was SciFi and had potential. It was only 5 bucks. I highly recommend that you DON'T EVER see that movie.
It had started snowing that day and the electricity went out. The only way were able to cook our dinner was by the BBQ on the porch that Joe had to dig out of the snow. Joe cooked me dinner in the cold, snowy weather outside and it was wonderful.The next morning, when we were supposed to go home, there was so much snow that the car was just about buried. The electricity was still out. Joe was really concerned about being able to leave so he went to work right away trying to dig the car out. I wasn't as worried. I don't like to be stressed out and I've learned that things usually work out in the end anyway. We didn't really have that much food with us and not having electricity left us with only the fireplace for a source of heat. Being snowed in sounded like an adventure but it may be more than we were prepared for.
He got the car dug out and we threw all of our stuff in the car and drove down the driveway. He wanted to get out of there before anymore snow fell to block our escape. Unfortunately, it was too late. When we reached the end of the driveway, to the plowed road, the car stopped. It was stuck for good. We tried digging and pushing, but it wasn't gunna budge. We dug and dug. Joe was worried and I was trying to help him. We didn't know what to do. The snow kept falling.
We thought about staying another night but when we called the owner, they were just gunna charge us for another night. There is something about feeling stuck. It just makes you want to get unstuck as soon as possible. We came up with all sorts of plans and solutions but none of them worked out. It was frustrating. I just tried to keep a positive attitude because I didn't know how to get out of our predicament. Through more phone calls to the owner we learned that they were in a cabin nearby and in the same situation as we were. The owner wasn't very helpful or concerned about us which was frustrating. We found him outside with a snowblower. I couldn't understand why he couldn't bring his snowblower out and help us get out of our stuck situation. Mystery. It was only after we helped him get his truck unstuck that he helped us. After more digging and snowblowing, he hooked up his truck to our car with a tow rope and tried to pull us out. It didn't work at all. Joe got frustrated and got behind the car while I drove and he literally pushed that car out onto the slick, plowed road. He pushed it so hard that I nearly ran into the snow bank on the other side until he came around and pushed the car from the side and literally turned the car around on the road. Yeah, that's MY husband!
The way we had to go was downhill and the road was slick. We discovered this by trying to walk up it a few minutes before, but we had no choice. I remained calm and not worried while Joe, in the passenger seat, was bracing himself with one hand on the dashboard and the other on the handle above the door window. He kept yelling directions at me. "Drive on the side where the snow is rough!" "Careful! Don't hit the brakes too hard!" "Watch that snowbank!" He just wanted to get out of there and was so worried that something else would go wrong before we made a clean getaway. I was driving calmly and laughing to myself.
At the Border Patrol Academy, I was trained how to drive 4-wheel-drive vehicles and I had to drive on some pretty scarey obstacles. That was one of the reasons I had bought the car I was driving that day. All my training came back to me and I felt confident we would be fine. I followed all Joe's instructions, of course, but I knew that if we slid, all that would happen is that we would run into a snowbank. On either side of the road were tall snowbanks from all the snow that had been plowed. I couldn't get over how worried he was and he just wanted to get out of that place so bad and onto some familiar ground. He's from California and Las Vegas. Snow isn't something he's had a lot of experience with.Night was falling again as we drove on the roads packed with snow. We came across another vehicle stuck and there were a few cars backed-up and waiting. These roads were narrow. We had to sit there and wait for a Snow Cat to come and pull it out. By this time it was dark and we were so ready to be gone. We finally escaped the mountains that night after a stressful, snow-full, night. When we pulled into the first town after we left the canyon road, people were staring at us as we pulled into the gas station. When we got out we still had 2 feet of snow on top of the car. There was only wet pavement from rain in this town. I bet people were wondering where we had just come from. Oh, if they only knew!
Let's just say that we had a memorable honeymoon and great introduction to how each of us deals with stressful situations. It was a very romantic honeymoon at first but it was a grand adventure in the middle and a huge sigh of relief at the end. I will cherish this memory for all eternity.
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