abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard spoke with her father there. good evening, cornell. he is tremendously relieved, of course. >> reporter: yeah, of course he is, katie, and he is also very grateful to everyone who helped look for his daughter, ida. her family are saying in a cabin up the road tonight. she's been sleeping most of the day after her very long adventure. she wandered about two miles, by the way. and tonight her dad is just giving thanks. >> the infrastructure that blossomed into this effort that brought our daughter home to us, i'm extremely grateful. >> reporter: bobby rothschild can't say enough about the full-scale search to find his 9-year-old daughter, ida. this picture of a smiling, but tired ida was taken just minutes after she was found safe today. >> what was the first thing she said to you when you guys reunited? >> she said what was all the fuss, dad? >> reporter: rothschild says he and his wife turned their back for just a moment and ida wandered away from the family's campsite friday afternoon and became lost in the woods. hundreds of searcher