canton

Saturday, April 4, 2009, finally the day has arrived. We wake up at 6AM in excitement for an awesome day of wheelin'. One day a year we go down to Canton, MO for a benefit four wheeler ride. The first year we went it was raining and in the middle of the ride lightning was striking all over come to find out there were tornado warnings all over and we were in the middle of the woods. Last year, it was a beautiful March day. Before we even left Wever our water pump went out in the truck which we were using to haul the wheelers down to Canton. I had a feeling that was just the beginning of bad luck for the day. We get a friends truck that was going down as well and hooked up the trailer and now were off to Canton. We arrive down to Canton in enough time to prepare and eat. We start out the ride and its going great until about a mile to two miles into the ride we had to cross a creek and when we did it snap the rear CV shaft. Throughout the whole ride we rode in four wheel drive and i had to walk up most of the damn hills. It turned out fun but just a pain at some points. Which brings us to this year...GORGEOUS! Sunny, half way warm to start out, i just knew it was gonna be a beautiful day. No bad luck before we arrived to Canton except waiting on Terra and Spencer for an hour or longer at Flying J Truck stop. We arrive in just enough time to get the wheelers ready to ride. I had my own wheeler this year and it was so awesome. I was never stuck in the mud but i was tangled on two separate tree roots throughout the ride. Overall i think i did AWESOME, considering it has been almost a whole year since i rode or drove a wheeler. This year was a blast. I do regret waking up the next morning, i felt as if i were beat up and run over!