zandertoySo this July 4th weekend we decided to do another Pocono trip. Uncle Phil and Joe came along to Join us and also Lawrence, Aunt Cindys nephew from SF.
It was kind of nice to get a chance to spend time with Aunt Cindys side of the family.
I met Adis in NB and then went with her and Grandpa to the Poconos.
HIKE:
On Friday morning we woke up and headed to Ricketts Glen state park. There was approx 21 waterfalls on this hike It was a lot of fun because all of the falls were different sizes and was so much fun to see.
I ended up taking a fall as I was videoing myself walking along the edge of one of the falls. I scraped and bruised my arm which sucks but gladly it was my left (non-tattooed) arm.
We ended up hiking for a total of 8.4miles which was really great. We were all so wiped out afterwards and at the end of the hike there was a cluster of boulders that we climbed and ate some snacks on. It was a wonderful hike and the temperature was perfect.
BIKING:
On Saturday it was raining in the morning so we postponed our bike ride until 2:00pm. Luckily by the time we got to the bike rental the sun came out and the rain stopped. There was a few drizzles during the ride but nothing serious. We did the 15 mile ride which actually went by pretty fast. We did it last July 4th and it felt much longer.
There was one point on the ride where we climbed up this uphill mountain/rock and I ended up falling and doing a tumble down. What happened was that I climbed up maybe 5 feet and was sliding down because of my trackionless sneakers and kind of ran down the mountain. What happened was when I got to the bottom my foot slipped and my ankle turned, I decided to roll to ease into the fall which helped.
Austin on the other hand ended up climbing a lot higher and after a certain point his legs started shaking because he was scared so he turned around and decided to slide down. He started kind of bouncing as he was sliding down. Luckily he wasn’t injured and I caught most of it on video :-).
At the end of the ride we had some ice cream and had pizza for dinner. During pizza Uncle called Grandpa to check on him and told him that we would be home in an hour.
When we got home and Austin went to check on Grampie to see how he was doing and Austin BOLTED out of his room and was like “Grandpas SHAKING” “Somethings wrong!!!!”. We all ran into his room and his arms were shaking back and forth. He was shivering saying he was so cold and to call 911 or an ambulance. Aunt Cindy and I continually rubbed his back and legs to get his blood flowing through his body and by the time the ambulance came he stopped shivering.
The paramedics took his temp and it read 102. That is considered very high for someone his age so they took him to the hospital. The closest and ONLY hospital in the county was an hour away. Surprisingly enough when they got to the hospital he was immediately taken in even though the hospital was so crowded. I guess since he is elderly it’s considered more of an emergency.
After several tests they said his white blood cell count was high and that he needed to stay in the hospital for a few days.
Aunt Amy will pick him up in a few days once he is released.
What a crazy end to the trip. I am just relieved and glad that nothing bad happened.