The other night we had the second of two pretty severe thunderstorms this summer. The first one was about three weeks ago and our trampoline flew across the yard and wedged itself between our neighbors deck and air conditioner. We weren't sure what to do to secure the trampoline to the ground, and while we were still thinking about it, a second storm came up in the middle of the night.
We woke up to the wind at about 2 in the morning and Ben peeked out the window just in time to see the trampoline go flying. This time it went the other direction and hit the other neighbors' fence, taking the tops off of some of the slats. We ran outside in our pj's to make sure it wouldn't go anywhere else and it seemed to be pretty well attached to the fence. In the morning there were springs scattered all over the yard and the frame was bent beyond repair. We ended up taking the trampline apart and putting it out with the garbage.
We have had such fun times on the trampoline, we're so sad to see it go. But we just can't chance another storm, we've been lucky with the minimal damage so far. I can just imagine the trampoline slamming into someone's window in the middle of the night. Wouldn't that be a nice wake-up call? So, for now we're trampoline-less. Maybe someday we'll rent a backhoe and dig a hole deep enough to put one down into, but for now we'll have to live without it.
1 comment:
I'm sad for you, trampoline's are so fun! That is some crazy wind and storm to blow it all over like that. I can't imagine how horrible it would be if it did slam into someones house! Very smart to say goodbye to it for now. I love the pictures of your family having fun on it.
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