The Adventures of Sqeak and Squoosh

Let me first start by saying that this is completely true.

Melody came home yesterday and wanted to go to the park.

We went to the Little Creek Park in South Charleston and was driving around and came upon a place where we could get out and walk on some trails.

We walked for a little bit and found a little waterfall and Mello wanted to take some pics. Taking pics from the bank wasnt good enough so she decided to cross the creek.

This is where the adventure starts. While crossing the creek one of her flip-flops comes off and starts to float downstream.

We just looked at each other like now what are we going to do. Being the greatest finacee in the world that I am I followed the lost flop downstream until it was caught in a small pool of water.

I take of my flips and proceed to enter the cold, muddy, God Knows whats in there water. All the while Melody is taking pictures.

I rescue the lost flop and take it back to Mel. Now I am freezing and I have dirt and sticks between my toes and am ready to go home eat and get warm.

We decide that we should follow the trail and it should surely take us back to the car. We could have only been so lucky for that to happen.

We start following the trail and it ends at the creek bank. Not sure what to do we look around for a bit and then I spot it. The trail picks back up on the other side of the creek.......

This time I wasnt taking off my Flip-Flops...I could see what was there and I didnt want to get some crazy ass rednecks beer bottle stuck in my foot.

We make it across and I here squoosh squoosh ....Squeak Squeak....

Melody's flip flops were now making the squeaking sound and mine a squooshing sound. I had the padded flip flops and they soak up water like a sponge not to mention fill like they are 20 pounds heavier.

Moving on still squeaking and squooshing we feel like we have to be getting closer. .....Wrongo...We had to flipping cross the creek 4 more times.....

Now I am not in the best of Shape and have put on some weight so my ankles were killing me when they werent numb from the cold water.

We see another trail marker could we almost be home free....I was getting exciting but only to my dismay we were now on a completly different trail....

Melody has this "Oh Shit" look on her face because it is now starting to get dark....

She looks to me and says do you have cell signal? I grab my Blackberry and say yes but there is no way in Hell I am calling for Help......

We make the decision to backtrack to the beginning and you know it.....We had to cross the creek 4 more times.....

We make it back to the little waterfall and Melody is not doing to hot....We still have to hike up a hill....Her face turns pale and she is definitely staggering.

I ask her if she is alright and I get an emphatic NO!!!!!

I told her slow down a bit and breath....Mostly because I wasnt carrying her out of there but I also didnt want to see her have a heart attack....

We make it to the car and start home....I am just happy to be sitting down at this point and Melody says...I think I am going to be sick....

Long story Short she doesnt get sick and I end up throwing away my favorite flip flops..

Next time no matter what she says I am taking a full arsenal of hiking gear...