Random 10 Tuesday

Not so random this week. All about camping this last weekend!!


1) We've been going to the same campground the last weekend of May for the last 4 years. Meet people there and go riding on the ATV's.

2) Have fun making breakfast over the fire in the mornings. Why does the food taste better when it's made outside?

3) Getting ready to ride - one son with a broken finger, one son with a sprained ankle. Hmmmm. Because Luke's ankle was sore he got to ride with Brad on Sat.

4) At one point we split up for a few miles. Had to decide between mud or dry. I chose dry - thank goodness. Brad & the boys didn't. HEE HEE!!

Dad - I need some help! Why don't you get it out of here for me!! (Yeah for Dad's!)

Ok - that didn't work quite the way it was

supposed to. LOL

Logan to the rescue!!

Maybe we should just stick to the dry trails?

5) We go riding with friends, have lunch on the trail by a cute warm up shack built by snowmobilers.

6) There were 16 quads (atv's), a dirt bike and a side-by-side.

7) Had a potluck supper sat. after riding. Used our 24 ft trailer to hold all the food. The only complaint heard was "I ate to much!".

How will we ever finish all this food?

Apparently it wasn't that difficult. There was hardly anything left!

8) Lots of friends new & old to visit with. Most of these folks we only see this time of year.

9) Went riding on Sunday, just the 4 of us. Used athletic tape on Luke's ankle so he could ride too. Some of the scenery -

10) We had an awesome weekend - hope you did too!

ATV Derby

So hubby and I went to an ATV Derby yesterday. This is the third year we've gone to this one. The first year it was dry, the second year it was snowy and cold, this year it was part dry and part mud and a bit of snow on the trails. Boy do my arms hurt!!! Forgot how much work it is to drive through the mud and twisting trails. We did take a few pics, though it's hard to drive and take pics at the same time. The red quad is mine, the yellow one is Brad.

I should have taken before and after pics of the quads. They were clean going onto the truck - but boy were they dirty when we loaded to go home. We might have been dirty - but we were happy!! Had a great time again.

Hubby's New Toy (for family viewing)

When the boys were small we bought our first ATV, a 250 Honda. It was a nice size for small kids to start on. A few years ago Brad decided we needed another one a bit bigger, so that 2 of us could ride together. We got a seat for the bigger one to strap onto the back rack so two could ride on the same machine and one of the boys could take the other quad.

After three of us went camping at a place about 1.5 hours east of here, taking the atv's along to ride on the 100's of miles of trails they have - we decided we needed another atv so all of us could go out together. So we sold the 250 and bought a 350 and a 450! WOOHOO!!

When you have 2 teenage sons it's tough to find something that the whole family likes to do together. But we have found it with quadding. With two on the 500 (Brad & I) and the boys on each of their own we can go riding as a family, pack a lunch and go out all day together. It's been great.

We go riding in the summer as much as possible & go to derby's whenever we can. We've been to some really cool places to ride not that far from home.

"can I see how deep it is?" (Logan)

So last spring Brad decided he needed an even faster ATV - a 700 Kawi! I think it's called "midlife crisis"? "Ok dear. But if you kill yourself I'll be really angry!!" (don't have pics of that one yet)

A couple of weeks ago, Brad came up with the idea of putting tracks on the 500 so he could ride all winter. Yipee? Well we picked them up on Monday, by yesterday morning they were ready to go, but we had -16C (+3F) degrees with 60K (37 mph) winds. To cold to go riding. But today was beautiful!! Only -4C (25F) and almost no wind! So Brad tried out the tracks and I took some pics. Looks like fun but I think I'll stick with summer riding. Warmer!!

We've already booked the last weekend in May to go camping and riding with a whole bunch of other people!! We'll be staying in a small but cozy cabin - were there last year at the same time!! It's a blast when you have 20 or more quads out for a sat. ride and potluck supper.

Can hardly wait. I'll make sure to take lots of pictures then!!