Monday, July 12/2010

We headed out onto the trails early as we wanted to get back early. Yea Right - like that ever happens!! The trails were a bit muddy but not bad. We were without any children and it was nice not to have to worry about anyone but ourselves. The weather was great. Shelly and I took lots of pictures of the various flowers the forest had to offer. One never gets tired of looking at the scenery either. John changed our desktop to the picture of the mustard crop (the one with the branches) and it looks awesome. It would make a nice picture for hanging on the wall so I had better buy a color ink cartridge and some photo paper.

One of the rules of the trails is that you NEVER turn off the trail unless you wait and make sure the person behind you sees you turn. This ensures that no one gets lost on the trails. Of course, for some reason, Bayne didn't do that and John and I missed the turn and we became separated from the other two quads. Being that John is very familiar with the trails, it wasn't a big deal but it just goes to show you that even experienced trail riders can get separated and end up in trouble. We waited for them to return while they, waited for us to catch up and after 20 minutes it became clear that we were on our own so headed down the trail to where we knew the other trail ended. I said to John that Arnie would be coming down the same trail we had taken as he would have back tracked and tried to find us. About 30 minutes later, we were reunited with the group and I reminded Bayne what his responsibilities were. Then we kissed and made up!!! It was a good ride and we all made it home safe and sound.