Camping/Off Roading

A few weekends ago we went camping with Trevor's Aunt, Uncle, and three cute cousins. They are such a fun family and always up for an adventure. They told us about this place in Empire that you had to drive into with their Land Rover that can climb over anything. We took Trevor's truck which turned out to be quite eventful. As soon as we got off the paved road and onto the rocks Trevor said, "my truck is not built for this kind of off roading" and literally a minute later we hear air coming out of his tire very quickly. We both jumped out of the car to find his tire completely blown, not the best way to start the trip. We go to get the jack and the spare tire and realize we can't find the piece that drops the tire from the bed of the truck. His uncle's doesnt fit so we finally realize we are going to have to drive into town and hope to find something because it was already 8 at night.

We get to Empire only to find a board shop with stoned employees that told us to "go down to Johnny's house because he might have something". We opted to not go to Johnny's and drive down to Idaho Springs to find another Nissan and try and buy the part off of them since all auto part stores were closed. Me and little Lauren were flagging down cars in the road to try and get them to sell us the part but no one would. We decided we had to choice but to drive the 20 minutes to Walmart and see what we could do.

Walmart didnt have the part so Trevor's uncle got creative. We all wandered Walmart hoping to find something that might work. We ended up getting a curtain rod and a towel rack hoping one of those would work. We got back to Trevor and the two boys at about 10:30 at night to find them with a fire built in the middle of the road. Trevor claims the only thing that got him through that was his left over Chipotle, haha. His uncle used a mini ax to bang the rod into the shape we needed and we finally got the tire out and were able to change the tire. We ended up getting to camp at 1 am and all of us were exhausted. They promised when we woke up it would all be worth it, and it was. We were camping next to a gorgeous lake right about tree line. It was perfect and well worth, well kinda, the chaos of the night. We went off roading in the Land Rover for a few hours and then headed to Lewis' Sweet Shop, an amazing candy/shake/treat shop that has been there for years!