Second day we went on a super fun ride up the Paiute trail. It was nice and flat and is kept well maintained so it was a nice easy ride!
In the afternoon we went to Meadow and swam in the hot pots they have there! It was VERY cool! The first one we visited was REALLY yucky with all manner of funk floating in the water so I stayed out and took pics. The second one however was AWESOME! Clean, gorgeous and warm!! LOVED it!! Dillan had a blast cannon balling into it too! There were areas that weren't real deep and others that were so deep you couldn't see the bottom. If you ever go that way, it's definitely worth the stop! :)
That night, Matt decided to take the kids on a night ride... well let me clarify, he did not want to take the younger two with them because it was dark and they don't have the best headlights on their machines. But after much whining and crying and against his better judgement, he took all the kids. Dillan didn't want to drive his 4 wheeler so he rode with Cory on mine because I was ready to get the dirt off of me and didn't want to go... anywho, beside the point just giving the background as to how they ended up going. So they went up a trail above our camp that we had been seeing people drive up all day long to check it out. (Before I start this little tale a small disclaimer.. Tyson is fine!) So they are driving along and it's another well maintained trail until they get to a certain point where there is a big rock they had to drive over and the trail narrowed quite a bit. On one side there was a STEEP cliff (at least 30 feet down) and the other was the rock. So Matt is in front (as the "guide") Britt behind him, followed by Tyson and then lastly Cory and Dillan on my machine. Matt and Britt safely navigate the rock and get around and up the trail and stop to make sure Tyson and Cory get over it. They see Tyson pull up stop and then turn and drive off the cliff! Matt says a few choice words and drops his bike and runs! Britt dumps the clutch on her machine and jumps and runs as well. Cory who was behind him yelled a few choice words and bails his machine after making sure Dillan is good.. (Seriously can't blame either Matt or Cory!) At this point they can hear Tyson screaming seriously loud and Matt said his first thought was, "Well, he's alive at least!" He also said all he could see is the 4 wheeler flipping and flying down the cliff and could see the lights as it rotated through the air. So Matt goes to jump down the cliff after Ty and Cory (my 4-wheeler was shining light for him) shuts my machine off and so Matt now blind, falls down and smashes into a HUGE boulder with his hip. So, he yells for Cory to turn the lights back on and starts heading down the cliff yelling "TYSON, TYSON!" About then, Tyson comes hiking up and says "What?" Like nothing in the world just happened! LOL Matt asked him if he was o.k. and he said, "Yeah but my tummy hurts." (Can't imagine why! hehe) So none of us know how he managed to get away and off of the machine since they all saw him go down ON it but he did somehow! He doesn't remember at all and doesn't even remember screaming so we will probably never know. The front of his helmet was cracked and there was a scrape up the side of it but not one scratch on him! The 4 wheeler had something smashed on every side so I am VERY grateful for a watchful Heavenly Father who I think knows I would most likely not survive something horrible happening to my kids! We asked him why he drove off it and he said he thought that was where the trail went.
Anywho, it took Cory, Britt and Matt at least an hour to get it back out from where it fell. It took every tie down we owned hooked together. That night, I wore earplugs again so I could sleep but Matt said Cory was swearing and yelling all night.. Hmmm wonder what he was dreaming about... Probably the same things I was dreaming!
Matt spent a few minutes the next day putting things back together the best he could (He is seriously amazing he is!) and it was still driveable... (also NUTS!) We went on one last ride up the same "safe" trail (hehe) that we went the day before and had a blast! Neither of the two little boys wanted to drive anymore but I, (a mean mom for sure) made them because I did not want them to be scared every time we go riding in the future. Lesson learned.. NO NIGHT DRIVING with the little four wheelers! :) All in all a fun and yet somewhat traumatic trip! Here are the pics... I had a camera this time unlike the last time Ty drove off a cliff! Sorry there are ALOT of pics hope you don't get too bored!
