Thanks for the kind words folks, even though this is all my own doing. There is a risk everytime I go out wheelin' and Sunday I got checked, finally <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" />. I am hopeful that all will be well with the motor since my Jeep is paid off and I don't really want another payment. I agree it's on the edge of acceptability for burrying a Jeep in water and I did only drive it 3 miles to a local garage. If the Jeep engine is ok and all I need to do is replace all of the fluids, then my wife will be cool with it. A snorkel may have helped a great deal.

One a side note, when I left in my dad's Jeep with him to get a phone signal to see if I could get towed out, I gave my wife (my mom was with her) my BOB with all of my emergency supplies. I also gave her 3 extra jackets and 3 blankets. When I came back about 45 minutes later, she had a fire going <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />. I was pretty impressed since everything was soaking wet. She had to get out of the passenger side of my Jeep once I was stuck and that water was darn cold especially with the wind. She was soaked as much as I was. To top the day off, my new work phone dropped in the water in my Jeep tub on the ride out. Fortunately, it dried out over night and still works.

There was really no danger per se, but my concern was that it would start to rain while we were trying to get my Jeep out and we would not be able to get my dad's Jeep out either. The Jeep gods were with us in that it did not rain and as you guys said no one was hurt. Even a snapped tow rope can be dangerous in these situations. Live and learn. Needless to say, I am a bit river shy right about now.

I had my DM (and a Mora 2K) in my Bob, but I did not need them. It did not even dawn on me that my DM was in my BOB until I got home and went through everything. If things would have gone bad, I am sure it would have served me well.