Cedar Mountain Campout - a sticky situation!

 We knew we wanted to get out even though it had been or might again be raining.  We were deciding between Jacob Lake area or Cedar Mountain.  Jacob Lake is lower and might be warmish, even if it was raining.  Cedar Mountain - cooler, greener and oh so beautiful!  We went back and forth about it and then with a final weather report saying the rain wouldn't be there, we took the road to Cedar Mountain planning to go to a camp spot near Cedar Breaks where we had camped in the rain last summer and loved it.  When we got there the road was not looking good and the clouds were looking like rain.  Then the road got worse right as we were ready to turn to the parking spot to camp...and we weren't moving, were sloshing back and forth trying to get traction, putting sticks under the tires to try to move forward or backward, and then finally, one back tire of the truck was just too deep...stuck, stuck, stuck.  It was getting late, it was raining/hailing a little bit intermittently. We were tired and done, so we set up the camp trailer and went inside to stay the night and figure it out more in the morning.  We had a great dinner of homemade chicken soup, toasted sourdough bread, and pineapple/strawberry salad.  We had hot chocolate and toast for dessert.  It was delicious!  We played games and then it was bed time.  We put the big backseat floormat outside the trailer door so you didn't have to step in big mud puddle when you went outside.  (I actually peed in a container and didn't go outside all night).  Sorry, but it was raining hard for most of the night and I just couldn't get out there very well to get it done.  In the morning it was looking even more wet, but beautiful.  We put the trailer away, got all of the stuff we wanted to take home out of it, and hiked down the road to where we could get cellphone service...about 2.79 miles, pretty much all the way back to the main highway to Cedar Breaks.  We got hold of Bryan and he said he'd take us home but would have to have Brady come and get us while he was having a meeting for work.  Brady came and we rode back to the campsite, keeping a good distance from the sticking spot, and carried all the stuff that needed to go home to his truck.  Then we went down to Bryan's office and he brought us home.  So nice of them to mix up their day to help us out!!!  So grateful!!! That was Friday.  Today, Saturday, it was looking good on the weather report for no rain, so we got with Brady and took our BIG truck, lots of plywood, scaffold planks, tow rope and chain and picked him up and drove to the campsite.  There was still lots of mud/water everywhere, but Paul came up with a great plan and with the help of a big jack and smart thinking and driving by these two guys we got the truck out of the hole, the trailer hooked up and pulled them both out backward until we could hook them up frontwards and until it could be driven out!!!  We made it clear down Cedar Canyon and then suddenly one back tire on the trailer blew out!  Paul was pulling it with the big truck.  Thank goodness we had a spare...but the bolts holding it on were rusted and we couldn't get it off!!!  So we left it and drove the other truck to Lou and Bryan's house where Brady got it loose with some tool he had there.  Then we went back, picked up Bean, put the spare tire on, and then took Bean to a wonderful lunch at Park Place.  Then Paul and I drove the trucks home with NO MORE INCIDENTS ALONG THE WAY!!!  It was fun to visit with Bryan and Brady in the process of their rescuing us.  They are wonderful people and we love them even when they are not in the process of rescuing us!  It was still beautiful up there today, and it was looking like rain...and we wished that we were staying there to camp out!