Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Wow, What A Trip

Pat has been sending us emails from the ATV/Jeep club here at North Ranch—we noticed a trip we would have liked to take but thought we had missed it on Tuesday. Last night about 6pm Jim and Bev stopped by to introduce themselves—along with the Bayfield Bunch, Jim and Bev are part of the group we are joining up with for our Friday trip. They mentioned the North Ranch club had an outing we might enjoy on Wednesday—we hadn’t missed it!! We decided in spite of our weariness from our busy Tuesday to join this outing and are we ever glad we did!! Wow, what a trip. We are exhausted and beat to a pulp but so glad we went!!

This was one of those kinds of groups one of our fellow bloggers loves to avoid !! There were 2 jeeps and 22 ATV’s with the majority being the two-seater quad type ATV’s. There were a couple quads which carried 4 people each—there were a LOT of people!!

It was about 40 miles from North Ranch to the unloading spot—

We drove the jeep as we have no way of hauling our ATV’s except in the huge cargo trailer. It took a while to get everyone unloaded and organized, then we were off, divided into three groups. The cowboy and I were in the second group and we bounced, jarred, rocked and rolled up the mountain for 10 miles!!! But that ten miles was spectacular!!

you can see the road meandering up the mountain.

And back down we go—the trip back was tortuous!! Downhill is always worse hiking, riding a horse or going down in a jeep—I think every bone in my body was jarred!! But it was so worth it!!

We enjoyed our lunch while looking around us for miles and miles. Emmi was the star attraction getting lots of attention—I think she might have been the only dog. A great trip!!

9 comments:

We did Harquahala Mountain in March of 2012 & yes what a rough, tough, & tumble drive that was. So nice when we finally reached the top & not a sole there. But wouldn't ya know it....10 minutes later a couple on an ATV rumbled in. Nice people though & it turns out they lived in Bouse. Great views from up there eh. See ya Friday morning............

Coincidentally......we did our Harquahala trip exactly the same day you guys did only 1 year earlier. Just noticed that now looking back. Our link.....................http://thebayfieldbunch.com/2012/03/harquahala-peakan-old-smithsonian.html

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