I told my wife this story. She's from Missouri. Her first comment was this ... Yeah, that's Missouri at that time of year. One moment it can be 70 degrees, and the next moment it can be 10 degrees.

I think that was the father's problem in a nutshell. He just did not appreciate the huge changes in temperature that can occur rapidly during that season. Once they got soaked out there - they were in very serious trouble. The loss of the cell phone was also a huge setback.

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