welcome to both of you. kathy, you re speaking from your hospital bed. how are you physically? i m a lot better than i was. i ll tell you that. i finally, i think, in what you call a functions human being again to some degree. it s going to be a difficult recovery, though. now, just to let viewers know what happened here, you and your husband, you re from arkansas. you were vacations in big bend park, national park in texas last week but you were thrown out of the park when the federal government shutdown and then an official at the national park suggested you relocate to the state park to continue your vacation and that, ricky, i think is where the trouble started. tell me what happened next. well, we picked a trail we
official at the national park suggested you relocate to the state park to continue your vacation and that, ricky, i think is where the trouble started. tell me what happened next. well, we picked a trail we thought was a loop and we were under the impression that it wasn t that hard, you know, to do and we took off for a day hike and packed enough water and food for one day and we got about a little over half way and we were up of water, out of food and it was getting dark, and so we just we had to pull up and sleep we just laid down right on the ground there and went to sleep and, i said we ll get up the next morning and finish it out. we ll be okay. the next morning we got up and took off, and it was just too too much up and downs and then it got hot without water, we just couldn t make it and had to
kathy, you re speaking from your hospital bed. how are you physically? i m a lot better than i was. i ll tell you that. i finally, i think, in what you call a functions human being again to some degree. it s going to be a difficult recovery, though. now, just to let viewers know what happened here, you and your husband, you re from arkansas. you were vacations in big bend park, national park in texas last week but you were thrown out of the park when the federal government shutdown and then an official at the national park suggested you relocate to the state park to continue your vacation and that, ricky, i think is where the trouble started. tell me what happened next. well, we picked a trail we thought was a loop and we were under the impression that it wasn t that hard, you know, to do and we took off for a day