Columbus Day is a little bittersweet for us. It’s a four day weekend and the heat of summer’s behind us, so the riding’s great. (Although the heat of summer was a little too far behind us this year. Brrrrr.) Sadly, it’s also the weekend we have to winterize the camper which means the switch from [...]
A rocky Sunday
by Shannon on September 20, 2010 in Four-wheelin'
Yesterday, the husband and I (without kids…w00t!) joined one of the ATV clubs we belong to for a charity ride—collecting cans of food and raising money for local food pantries. Because my Rincon lives at camp until we close it up next month, we had to ride double on his King Quad. That totally sucks. [...]
Off into the shaky sunset
by Shannon on August 2, 2010 in Four-wheelin'
When we bought SK a new ATV, one of the more important features on our checklist was headlights. (Well, technically they’re called daytime running lights so as not to encourage the little ones to run amok in the dark.) Now that he has the lights, we were able to trek into town for supper, knowing [...]
Another hot, lazy weekend
by Shannon on July 19, 2010 in Cats, kids or the dog, Four-wheelin'
Still a little on the warm side up there in No Air Conditioning Land, but we had a nice weekend of camping, nevertheless. This summer, the owner of the campground is hiding things around the (100+ mile) trail system and we have to find them. We get a picture of the surrounding scenery and a [...]
SK’s got a new toy
by Shannon on June 14, 2010 in Four-wheelin'
On Saturday we took the big leap (okay, mediumish leap) and bought SK a new ATV. His had been giving us mechanical issues (including sporadic and frequent loss of brakes) for a while and when we head out to do 30-40 miles in the woods, we want to know we won’t be leaving the little [...]









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