The Most Incredible Day

Last Tuesday was the most incredible day I have had at Bryce. I was involved with two rescues, the first ones for me this summer. They were both late-middle age women, the first I helped walk out (with her husband) after giving her water and M&Ms. They had underestimated their ability, and should not have tried to do the 3-mile hike they were attempting. It took us the better part of an hour to get up, but we did get there and the woman and her husband were extremely grateful. The second woman bcame dizzy, she had a medical problem of which we were uncertain of. But by the time we carried her out on a litter her vital signs were good, although she still felt dizzy. We left her with her family, her husband thanked us several times profusely: they were taking her to a hospital to be checked out. Earlier in the day there were two medical emergencies right outside the Visitor Center. The first was a young boy who had fallen, hurting himself and then felt nauseous. He was alright. The second was a young girl who had fallen out of her family's van. She had a painful knee injury, and since the family didn't speak English very well it was hard to figure out what happened. Our EMT's pieced it together by seeing tire marks on her leg. The van ran over her, but the leg did not appear to be broken. They were going to take her to the emergency room. The day ended with a disturbance in our campground. A large group of young French people and a few adults (chaperones?) pulled into the campground late. The next thing I know they had a huge bonfire and were making a loud crescendo. I yelled for quiet but after getting no response went down with Kathy to talk with them. The language barrier probably prevented full communication, but I was able to convey that quiet was in order, since the 11:30 time was well after the 10:00 quiet hour. One of the adults who could speak broken English some wanted me to understand something, but I didn't give him the chance to explain, as it wasn't me who needed to understand anything. The next day they were written up by our law enforcement and were moved to a different campsite. One of the adults came into the VC the next day and showed Kathy a ticket that was written up, he thought they would have to pay something there, Kathy directed him back to the campground where payment was due. She also noted that they had violated about every rule in the campsite. The ticket had a separate note that stated: Quiet hour at 10:00 - NO EXCEPTIONS. The campground was quiet the next night, good.