Monday, August 10, 2009

Beaver

We left Thursday afternoon and picked Natalie, Brandon and Drew up on our way to Beaver. Nothings ever just smooth sailing. The day we left a big wind storm moved in. This storm proved to test the nerves of Matt and I, as we watched the trailer sway back and forth in our mirrors. The wind was so bad in Utah that part of our fence blew apart, but thanks to great friends and neighbors everything was taken care of while we were gone. Once we arrived at our camp site aka "Best Western Paradise" we hit the pool.We got up early and were on the trails by 9 am. Here's Brandon waiting to go.
Our first learning experience, the "Kawasaki Teryx" does not qualify as less than 50 inches wide. Our 1st trail was rated for ATV's that are 50 inches or less and we soon found out why. The teryxs roll cage soon became a tree spreader.
We did 55 miles and climbed to about 10,000 feet. By the end of the day Nat was a pro, she'd aim the tree spreader at the center and hit the gas. The tree's would spread, the branches would fall but at the end of the day we made it back in one piece.
We got back at 6pm and hit the pool, aka the bath tub.
We took it easy on Saturday. We drove up to 3 Creek Reservoir which was about 20 miles east of Beaver. From there we hit the Paiute trail.
Madison and Andrew before we headed up.This was Justice's first time riding her Raptor on the trails. Justice definitely learned where the brakes were especially after running into the back of her dad. Andrew also took the raptor for a spin on the Paiute. Like Justice, Drew learned a very a valuable lesson, keeping the 4 wheeler on the trails and out of the trees. Drew hit a rock and found himself off the path and into forest. We rode up to big John Flat which was a camp site at about 10,000 feet. We stopped and ate some lunch and then headed back down.
Once we got back to the truck Matt got Georgia and Madison riding the little 50. Here is GeorgiaWe played around for a couple of hours and then headed back. We had a great time and cant wait to ride more of the Paiute trails.

2 comments:

Shelly said...

you guys always go on such fun trips! I'm glad you had fun!

Nate Wendt said...

That trip looks completely awesome, I love all those off-road vehicles but have only ridden once in my life. I'm glad everyone was safe and made it back in one piece.