4x4 Stories

Idaho Centennial Trail # 20

(this is the only pic I have of where they slept)

I knew right then that at some point someone was going to sleep in the woods tonight, because I knew he couldn’t make it out on his bike now, he did try for about a mile but it was just to hard and painful for him.

Kevin decide he would give him a ride out so we stashed his bike in the bushes and went for  a mile and it was just to hard for Kevin to pack Johnny, so I decided I would do it, I told Johnny to get on and stay center of my back and lift his feet when I yelled feet so he wouldn’t get hit feet hit on the stumps or rocks.

By this time we were down to ½ hour of day light and so I rode as hard a I possibly could without hurting him to bad ,he probably thought I was crazy the way I was riding, But I knew it was my last chance of getting him out, With only 10 minutes of daylight left I stopped everybody and I said to Brian, that him and his brother Johnny was going to have to sleep in the woods until morning, at first Brian was not ok with this, but after a few minutes he decided that it was the best thing for me to follow Kevin out, because Kevin had to be back at camp because of  his dog Jack, as well as Kevin had the only bike with a headlight and I was the only one who knew the trail enough to get back to camp,

4x4 off road to Beaver Lodge / Atlanta Idaho 2

We drove several miles down to the

hot springs

where we were going to camp. We had made our bed in the back of the scout prior to leaving, so all we had to do was organize some stuff and crawl in back with our cushions and sleeping bags. After we got all our stuff situated we grabbed our towels, candles, plastic and our Pj’s and headed up the trail to our #1 favorite

Idaho

hot spring to soak our bones and just relax.

We soaked for about 2 hours and headed back down for bed. Rori crawled in bed and I sat there letting the scout warm up one last time, when I spotted a fox sniffing around the rig looking for food she didn’t

seem all to concerned about us, after watching him for a few minutes, I threw him some food and lights out.......

Idaho Centennial Trail 16

After spending a half hour messing around I headed back to where we were camping, I felt real good and I went back like I was racing. I love going 45 and 55 miles per hour on a trail that’s ten inches wide; there is such a rush when tree’s go by you that fast. Oh what fun I had going back. I did stop one or two times just for pictures, I was having a lot of fun just riding the trail,  it is so cool being out in the middle of nowhere by yourself. But I do suggest always take someone with you. I had been very fortunate this day, staying on the trail and not crashing. The last time I stopped on the trail was at the top of the same hill that everyone had trouble on earlier. I was a little bummed that I didn’t get to all the way to where I had left off in my 4x4 Suzuki Sidekick, but the ride this day was so awesome that I couldn’t do anything but be happy. After looking at the benchmark map and gps.....