Two sisters from Oklahoma and Nebraska missing for nearly two weeks in Michigan survived on Girl Scout cookies while stuck in their snow-trapped SUV until state police discovered them Friday near Lake Superior in a remote part of the Upper Peninsula. A pilot noticed a reflection off the Ford Explorer and landed the police helicopter on shore, finally ending the women's unexpected wilderness adventure. Leslie Roy, 52, and Lee Marie Wright, 56, were examined at a hospital and released. ‘It was sheer joy,’ Detective Sgt. Jeff Marker told The Associated Press, describing their reaction to the rescue. ‘It was almost disbelief that it was finally happening.’ Alive! Lee Wright (left), and Leslie Roy (right) are pictured eating and keeping warm in state police coats after they had spent two weeks stuck in their disabled SUV in Michigan . Roy, of Valley, Nebraska, and Wright of Depew, Oklahoma, got stuck about three miles from Crisp Point Lighthouse in Luce County in the Upper Peninsula. They had been visiting relatives in Ishpeming, in another part of the peninsula, and were planning to head south April 11. They had a reservation at a hotel in Mackinaw City but never showed up. Instead, they were entombed in snow on a remote used road with eight boxes of Girl Scout cookies purchased from relatives and a bag of cheese puffs, Marker said. ‘They thought the road was plowed but it wasn't,’ he said. There is no cellphone service in the area. The car eventually lost power, too. Roy and Wright wore layers of clothes to stay warm as overnight temperatures fell to the 20s, and they also turned snow into water. ‘They heard crunching in the woods at night,’ Marker said. ‘They thought it was rescuers but no one came. Then they thought it was bears.’ When the search began, police said the women had told others about possibly visiting waterfalls and casinos on their way to the Lower Peninsula. Their Ford Explorer was spotted from a helicopter around 2.30pm, police said. About 25 minutes later, police officers who were called to the scene reached the car on foot. 'When we pulled up, they grabbed their purses and Lee Wright clutched onto her Bible and both women were very happy,' Marker told MLive.com. 'It was hugs all around.' Road trip: Roy (left), 52, and Wright (right), 56, had been visiting relatives in Ishpeming, Michigan, when on April 11 their Ford Explorer got trapped in snow on a little-used road . Life savers: The women survived by rationing eight boxes of Girl Scout cookies, a bag of cheese puffs and melted snow . The women were transported to Helen Newberry Joy Hospital to be checked by doctors. A photo of Roy and Wright showed them eating food and keeping warm in state police coats after the rescue. ‘They're walking. ... They're alive and well, just a little weak from being stuck for a couple weeks,’ said Sgt. Brent Rosten, of the Michigan State Police. The women's relatives were ecstatic to receive the good news Friday. 'My mom and Aunt Leslie have been found, and they are alive and well, thank God!' Wright's daughter, Stacy Calvin-Lowe, wrote on Facebook Friday. 'Everyone that help us search, everyone that prayed, everyone that supported us, from the depths of my heart, thank you! 'I am so thankful, and overwhelmed with joy, I can't stop crying! I can't wait to see my momma, I can't wait to tell her I love her!! I am incredibly happy!'
Leslie Roy, 52, and Lee Wright, 56, had been visiting relatives in Michigan when on April 11 their Ford Explorer got trapped in snow on remote road.
SUV lost power and they had no cell phone service to call for help.
Roy and Wright wore layers of clothes to stay warm as overnight temperatures fell to the 20s.
Survived by rationing eight boxes of Girl Scout cookies, a bag of cheese puffs and melted snow.
Helicopter pilot noticed a reflection off the Ford Explorer Friday and rescued the trapped women.