Does this look like the middle of nowhere to you? Well, it is. But what you don't know is that it is Nirvana to the dirt bike rider. There is even snow on those beautiful mountains.
See the trails leading out to endless possibilities of fun? See the trailer on the right? This is the ONLY way one would possibly want to go camping when it's 32 degrees outside and just snowed the night before. Yes, we are die hards. We bundle up. We load up the trailer in the pouring rain. All for the love of the ride. Well, the love of the ride for my three sons and my husband. And for the four other families who braved this with us.
See one happy boy? This is one happy eldest boy of mine who, after being "encouraged" to try the bigger motorcycle ended up falling in love.
Can you see the love in his eyes? Of course not silly. He has a helmet and goggles on. 
Speaking of love, there's the man that makes my heart skip a beat. He LOVES motorcycles. And it brings so much joy to my heart to see his three boys learn to enjoy them so much as well. It makes me smile to hear my little 7 year old say, "Daddy, can you take me on a trail ride"?
There's my youngest operating a real motor vehicle so well, you'd think it was in his blood. Oh yeah, it is.
Riding for hours and hours on end, only to stop for food.....what more could a boy ask for?Now, for some details on this trip:
We had planned on leaving Friday afternoon and caravanning with my sister's family and the Berggrens. It was POURING rain all day. It was snowing up the 14 freeway. It was not looking good for the drive up, so my sister called and said they were going to drive up Saturday morning instead. We were a little worried about the weather, as they were predicting rain all weekend. The Berggrens were going to brave it, so we decided to brave it with them. What an absolutely gorgeous drive up. The mountains up the 14 freeway were completely covered in snow, and the rain and snow had stopped. It was really just breathtaking. The travel up, praise God, was uneventful. We set up camp (albeit in the dark) in a nice big spot and ate our dinner and went to bed.
The next day brought perfectly clear skies, and beautiful crisp and cold weather. We were ultra prepared for the cold and rain, so we were completely comfortable. Thermals, beanies, jackets. The rest of our friends (3 families) were to arrive somewhere in the late morning. The kids rode, and the adults watched the road for our arriving friends. Time passed and passed and we wondered why they had not arrived yet. Cell reception was touch and go, but I finally got a call out to my sister. They had broken down! A bearing went out on their trailer, and it took hours to get it to the repair shop, where they had to unload everything into our other friends' trailers because it would have to be in the shop for a while. But my brother in law, Rich was determined to get to out to the desert to ride his new bike. Nothing was going to stop him!!!! Finally, everyone arrived and the rest of our weekend went smoothly. We had a wonderful time of fellowship with the Harasicks, Berggrens, Tubbs, and Jensens. Our group dinners together were so much fun. We even had a special Valentine's Day meal, complete with red placemats (thanks Sabrina!), heart napkins (thanks Luci!), and heart shaped brownie sundaes for dessert. Mmmm.....The kids had so much fun riding. The dads had so much fun riding. The moms had so much fun sitting around a warm fire talking. We thank God for the sweet time with our friends and the amazingly beautiful weather. It was sad to leave. Wish we could have stayed two more days!
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