4 Wheelin

Again, this is from my journal.
Mar. 13
Today we went 4 wheeling. We were told if it was raining not to come. There was a forecast of rain, but we went anyway. There were 16 vehicles in the group. Some are 4 wheelers and some are razors and rangers. We met at the chapel downtown at 9 am for prayer (we always have prayer before going and each day of the ride). We went out to the Joshua forest on the west side of Utah Summit about 8 miles past Castle Cliffs. We unloaded the vehicles and headed west to the Beaver Dam Wash. I was surprised at the amount of water. We had to raise our feet to keep them from getting wet. Most of the ride was on dirt roads. There were a few rough places, but it was the kind of ride Mom likes. Well, that is until it started raining. When we stopped for lunch, it was pretty nice, with a cold breeze blowing. That didn’t last long. It started to snow, then got quite hard. We weren’t through eating, but cleaned up and got on the road. Then a blizzard set in. It was freezing cold and the snow bit when it hit the skin. We weren’t at the end of where we were going, but we turned back toward the trucks. We were in blizzard conditions for about a half hour and then just a very strong, cold wind. We certainly did think of the pioneers coming across the plains in handcarts. They didn’t have pickups with heaters waiting for them. It was nice to get back to the truck and get the heater going. We were cold, but not wet. It was a …memorable ride.
We called Doug and Jill and went to dinner with them at Ruby Tuesdays and then stopped at their home for a game called Sequence. It is fun. We had played it with them once before.
Love, Dad