Glad you were OK and no one was injured.
Are you the type of person who thinks people should pay for their own rescues when they get in trouble in the backcountry? Did you leave a travel plan with someone? Check the ice before traveling on it? You were very lucky to be in cell range. I really hope you’ll do more to prevent this than just a whistle and a flotation device.
How did they rescue you from the sandbar?
I would have no problem paying for this rescue. No one said anything about a bill, so I guess we'll wait and see.
Yes, we never go out on the sleds or quads without letting others know. We never go out without fully charged phones. We have safety equipment with us - tow ropes, small shovel, water, a first aid kit that includes sterno and blanket etc. We will be adding the whistle (we had to yell for about 1/2 hour because we were down in the river valley and couldn't be seen from any roads. They had their windows open to hear us.) I found some kind of device called a SPOT that we will purchase that runs on satellite - although 911 zeroed in on my phone's GPS to find the area we were in.
They attached their winch to our's on the quad and pulled us to shore. One guy was in the water with us, in case we fell off the sandbar but boyfriend was able to steer it a bit in neutral to keep it on the sandbar.
The only scary part was when we were first going in.
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