Mario calls me this morning and tells me how great the camping was despite the thunderstorm all night. So the big kids and I planned to join him tonight. About 3:30 this afternoon he calls me to tell me not to come. He is coming home early. Mario explained that a family just showed up using lots of profanity and the parents were threatening the kids with a gun. Two ladies saw the guns and immediately left to call the police. I thought Mario would be home right away. Two hours later, I started getting really worried. My mind started wondering. I was imagining that he and/or the boys were shot. Or I imagined that Mario (who had brought his own handgun with him) must have had to shoot the parents while trying to protect the kids. Crazy, I know. I was expecting the cops to show up at my door at anytime. I just couldn't imagine why Mario wasn't home by now. I decided to go look for them. Fortunately I didn't get far before he finally called me. He had no cell phone reception from the campsite. He explained he packed up and as he was getting ready to leave, four police cars/SUVs showed up with their weapons drawn. They wouldn't let Mario leave until they questioned him. They arrested 2 men in front of my little boys. Apparently it was quite an exciting afternoon for them. I later found out that the guns were bb guns, so not as dangerous as what people thought initially. Mario doesn't know what happened after the police questioned him. He got out of there. I was really glad to hear his voice when he finally got cell phone reception.
They had a great time camping, hiking, playing Monopoly Deal, and getting fudge at the top of Mount Lemmon.
2 comments:
I'm glad the Nathan and Zachary were able to go camping with their dad. Sorry that you missed out on the camping. The boys are sure growing from looking at the pictures.
Looks like they had fun...up until the end. That stinks.
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