ATV
The Trails-End Lodge Experience
12/28/06 09:20 AM Filed in: Personal
We arrived at the cabin in WV around 9:00 P.M. Monday night. After unpacking and choosing bunks we played a few games of Amish Dice. We then retired and waited for the action to start tomorrow. I should pause here and give you a few significant details. First, one of our main purposes of this trip was to bring as many guns as we could and just have fun shooting them. Growing up, my brother and I used to set up army men in the back flower garden and shoot them with bb guns. So, my brother, Andy, had the brilliant idea to recreate this fun memory. I brought my bb gun and he brought his and we went at it. As much as I hate to admit it, I was soundly defeated in this endeavor. But to this day I'll blame it on faulty sites! Also, during that first night it rained profusely! It really pounded down in torrents on the roof of that cabin. This is significant considering another one of our objectives for this weekend was to go ATV'ing. Can you say mudholes
OK, now we can move on to Tuesday,
the 26. After putzin around the cabin for a
while Andy and I decided to go on our ATV trip.
Andy's vehicle of choice was a Honda 3-wheeler,
and mine was a Suzuki 4-wheeler. So, we set off.
After some light riding around the cabin we
decided to head off, planning to be back in 20
min.... 2-3 hours later we returned. But man
what a trip! The recent rain left the trails and
roads with
deep
mudholes. We both came close to getting stuck, but
with a little effort we managed to escape. There were
many beautiful sites, including a number of deer. I
will spare you the tale of every stream crossed, and
mudhole conquered and simply tell you we had a blast
and arrived back at the cabin where Andy made chili
and venison steak. The rest of the day consisted of
Uno, a quick trip to town, Amish Dice, and more
eating. We then retired, sad that tomorrow would end
it all. We awoke the next morning to the beginnings
of a beautiful day! Andy and I set off again for the
trails, this time with my camera in tow. We were
disappointed to find that the water had significantly
subsided in the night and we were not able to capture
the full ATV experience of the day before. Still, we
had a lot of fun and took a lot of pictures. You can
see them
here.
We then returned to the cabin, packed up and
headed out. We arrived at Andy's house around 4:30
that night and I arrived back at my house around
8:00. All in all it was an amazing weekend with
many good memories made.
Ryan
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