It’s a Family Affair

When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.

Here’s another ATV adventure.  ‘Tis a family affair ... or is it ?

Just a bunch of big kids .... forever young!  Now where is Sabrina, you ask?  We figured she was out shopping when this picture was taken on Saturday.  Michael and Sandi missed the picture too because they let their folks out of the house without them.

First of all, we bought an ATV trailer.  We got a fantastic deal on it.  However, you know how those fantastic deals go.  Usually they require a lot of work getting them like you want them.  Or, you discover something isn’t quite right.  After all, why else would it have been a great deal.

This ATV trailer was just like that.  Evidently the North Star Trailers are partially put together and partially not put together.  When you buy it, you need to finish the job.  The person we bought it from had.  The sides were supposed to fold down on the hinges.  Thus, you should have been able to load ATVs from each side.  Well, not so in this case.  It took a little tweaking to fit the ATVs and get the sides to lower enough that the ramps would work without being too steep in loading.  We are definitely getting it ready for our trip south.

Next, we found another ATV on Craigslist.  It needed a lot of TLC but it was a 4x4 with a great price and exactly what Terry wanted.  When we discovered it, we didn’t have the trailer with us.  Robert was close so we called him to load it.  However,  since we didn’t have ramps that would fit, it was loaded into the seller’s pickup and transferred across the tailgates to Robert’s.  Pretty neat job, huh?

We also checked out some trails at Jones Creek in Washougal.  They are pretty cool trails.

This was definitely junk and it was being removed from the ATV park.

Yes, I did come up with a helmet.  I had to be coordinated!  It was just like when we bought our scuba diving equipment.  Then, everything had to be all pink.  This time everything had to be all red.

I'm making a "fashion statement" as you can see.  There are little red goggles tucked inside the helmet.  However, a red top and red pants are definitely OUT!  They will probably be black .... certainly don't want them to clash!  Now would you?

Okay, so what if the helmet doesn’t have the roses on it like the other one I saw?  This one does match (it's red) and it was a few hundred dollars cheaper than the other one too.

Wanna go for a ride?

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Note:  We had actually planned on taking off to Phoenix on Wednesday to check out some Snowbird ATV parks for this winter.  However, plans have a way of changing and flexibility is the key.  We just received a call that Terry's father had a stroke and is not doing so well.  So, while I am getting ready to post this.  He is getting ready to catch a flight there today. 

And, at the same time Lee is at the doctor's office with Sabrina who passed out exercising!  What's up with all of this?!

We'll keep you posted.

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