Page 8 - SPLASH! I fell into an irrigation ditch or river.

     Close enough. I stopped pulling my airplane to see where I could park it and tie it down.


     "How can I tie it down?"  I can't see the tie down area or even if there is another tie down area.  I walk up to the wing of the tied down airplane, get down on my knees, and started crawling in the direction of a possible tie down spot. Blessed, I found a tie down spot with a rope. If I'm lucky, the next tie down spot or tie down rope should not be that far away. "I found it!"



Winnemucca Mountain at sunset



     Now to get my airplane and somehow pull it into the tie down location and not hit the airplane that is already there. I have nothing but time, and I will take my time with utmost care. Finally, I have the airplane bedded down for the night. I didn't tie the tail down as there was no wind.

     It is getting cold. I'll freeze in the airplane! I should walk to town.



     I walk toward the lights of Wennemucca carrying a brief  case that contains charts and other important things. Pilot is right beside me. BANG! I walked into a barbed wire fence! Now, I can see the lights of a car, so I know there is a highway near. I can hear water running. I can't swim and don't have a change of clothes. I slowly walk to the highway. Maybe, I can catch a ride into town. SPLASH! I fell into an irrigation ditch or river. I have to tread water and try to make it to the other side. I have no idea where Pilot is. A couple of  minutes pass, and I have made it to the other bank, and Pilot is back with me.

     A long walk, in freezing temperatures, as I made it into Wennemucca.  The first place I come to is a service station and I"m happy that it was still open for business.

     I would tell the attendant that I needed a phone, if there was one available, and I needed to close a flight plan since I arrived a couple of hours ago.