Our Love for Riding

So even though this blog is really more about keeping you all up to date on what is going on with our family currently and mostly for sharing pictures of our kids each day, I decided to share some pictures from "back in the day". I'm not sure why, but I've been thinking a lot about Jonathan and my riding days lately. Once Katelynn was born, we sold our four wheelers and bought the boat. I miss riding, but to be honest, I don't know if I'll ever get full force back into it. It is super fun, but it also holds so much risk. I had a great time riding, but I fear I just may be too chicken to attempt the rocky frontier we rode on now that I have kids waiting at home for me. We shall see as they get older. I do miss riding so maybe I'll get back out there one day.

Some of you may not realize this, but Jonathan and I have known each other since we were about 8 and 10 years old. One of the things that we loved to do together as kids was ride dirtbikes. These first two pictures are us in probably 1993 or 1994?? We would ride together in the woods across the street from my house. Now even though I'm the one driving in these pictures, I'm pretty sure he was the one driving more times than not.

In 2004, we decided it was time to get back into riding. We bought four wheelers and started riding on the weekends in North Carolina. We would travel about an hour away from home each weekend and ride. At first it was just the two of us, but then another couple that we are friends with bought four wheelers and it became even more fun with the two guys being wild and crazy while us two girls followed behind being slightly more cautious. The boys often would have to dig us out of ruts and things we got ourselves stuck in and they rode our bikes up the steeper cliffs that we were a bit too chicken to ride up, but all in all, we all rode together and had a blast. They were some good times that I will always cherish.
Here are a bunch of pictures I dug up from our riding days. I couldn't decide what to post so there's a ton here for you all! And tomorrow I'll get back to posting about our current wild and crazy life with two kids! :-)

The Miller "Blue Team" (A joke we all had since Jonathan and I always had blue four wheelers and gear.)

My husband doing some wild and crazy jumps.. I only did things like this on accident (ha,ha).This was more my style- me cruising through a river.The Millers and The RappsHere I am again going through mud- yes, we always came home a mess!And my husband showing me up in mud riding as well.Here's something you don't see everyday! We took a trip in October 2004 to WV for the Octoberfest they host there at Hatfield-McCoy trails. It was the best riding out there we have ever done! We stayed in a little cabin and would ride everywhere we went. It is legal to ride your four wheelers on the road there! You can't beat that! We would get up each day, fill up at the gas station, and hit the trails via the main highway. We rode to the next town, had lunch somewhere in town, and then rode back in time for dinner. It was days full of riding and fun.