This is Corey and his wife Vicki

Well here it is another day and read my brother-in-laws blog and it reminded me of a similar story about my son Corey and his experience with a tree.

He was about 13 or 14 and was on an overnight camping trip with the Boy Scouts. He left with the troop Friday evening . They hiked a 5 mile trail to a place they called a bridge to nowhere. Reason was they built this bridge for a new road and after it was built the state of California decided to cancel the prodject, so there was this bridge out in the trees and no road.

This was not a small bridge for the troop used it for repelling off the side with ropes. It was during Saturday morning that the boys were repelling. Only a few boys at a time were able to repel.

Corey was always inquisitive. He saw a birds nest up in a pine tree about 3/4 ths of the way up. He decides he is going to climb up and see if there were any birds in the nest. He got near the nest an the next branch was just out of his reach. He went to jump and the branch he was standing on breaks. The Scout Master sees him falling and started to figure how he was going to explain this to Janet and me for all he could do was watch Corey fall taking all branches under him out. Bouncing from limb to limb being tossed head over heels and heading for a huge rock at the base of the tree. The assistant Scout Master saying to himself ,he's dead he's dead.

Corey said that he remembers going head first and seeing this rock. He hit the last branch and it spun him around and he landed between the tree and the rock being wedged head and feet in the air, so that he needed help getting up. He was lucky for that last branch for if it had not spun him around he probably would have hit face first into that rock. Other then a broken hand a few scrapes and bruises some minor cuts he was ok.

Once all was checked out the boys had a chance to practice first aid on him. He hiked out later that day. The Scout Master want to make a litter and carry him out but Corey was tougher then that tree was. That tree was missing most all of it's branches on the side that he fell. Everybody laughs about it now and Corey still carries some scars on his leg but he is a tough guy.

The funny part was when the boys got back home. The Scout Master made sure he approached Janet and me right away. He stated the Corey had an accident while out and that we should have him checked out by a doctor and not to take his appearance to seriously for the boys did first aid on Corey. Corey walks around the van he was in and he looked like a mummy. The boys over did the first aid a bit but made sure all his wounds were covered. Even the ones that didn't need covered. Corey was not and is not a small boy as you can see by his picture.

Well that about does it for today. Have a good day and a better tomorrow.