From The Corner Of My Mind

* Temperature near 60 degrees this morning. In January? I fear a long cold February.
* As you might have heard, we are proud new owners of a Jeep. All weekend we spent either riding around in it, or tinkering with it.
* Saturday morning we decided to try the Bridgeport OHV Park out. You pull up to the guard shack, sign a waiver, pay $25 per vehicle and they turn you loose on 400 plus acres of fun.
* Some of the trails are marked, some are not. They are marked 1 Diamond through 5 Diamond with 1 being the easiest. From experience we found that some of the 2 and 3 Diamond trails are not for the beginners.
* In our first 5 minutes of being there we turned off down a trail and there was a small hill to climb. Not being able to see the other side made W-spouse very uncomfortable so we decided to back out. But....by this time, 5 other Jeeps were lined up behind us. Me, not wanting to look like I was scared, went on up the hill. The whole time W-spouse cussing and griping at me. Wasn't a good start. After that, she calmed down and we stuck to the easy trails until she could either get out and watch, or give me the OK to proceed.
* The rest of the day went uneventful. We pulled off the trails for a while and had a burger at Rock City, then returned till the park closed at 5pm.
* Sunday after church, we went back. This time W-baby mom went with us. She had a blast and I didn't scare her to bad. She only got out one time when I went down the trail they call Godzilla. I had went down it on Saturday and back up it, so I knew what to expect. Later in the day, W-spouse and W-baby mom went down it with me again. Both admitted later that it wasn't to bad.
* The pictures and story below really happened. The guy had told us about a 4 Diamond that we could make part of the way and then there is a shortcut, that is much easier to maneuver to get out. W-spouse was terrified by the time we made it back to the top of the ridge. I must admit, on my first run, I was very nervous. I was only nervous about tearing up the Jeep, not that we would get hurt. We were only going less than 1 mile an hour and were buckled in. I WILL do it again. You can watch the uphill climb, and W-spouses reaction on  Facebook where I posted the video.
* The only damage that was suffered all weekend, was when we were climbing a huge rock with the left front tire and leaned way over to the right and the soft top rubbed a tree. It has a small tear in it. Dang it.
* My ex brother in law used to have a Jeep and we had many fun days riding in it. Skeeter, if you read this, find you a Jeep. You would love that Park out there and we could spend hundreds of hours exploring it.
* Some of you may have already realized this, but I am hooked. I HAVE found my new hobby. I'm also sure that there will be more posts concerning 4 wheeling in the future
* We ended up trading the motorcycle for the Jeep to a guy in Arlington. The first deal never worked out, although I have heard from him a few times since Friday and he has figured out the issue with the transmission. He was just trying to reassure me that it was a legit deal. I believe him, but I also hate that he lost out on getting a great Harley motorcycle.
* For the first time in 11 years, I don't hold the title to a motorcycle.
* I don't regret that either.
* Testing at Daytona over the last 4 days produced speeds in excess of 206 MPH. This morning on Sirius NASCAR radio they reported the the powers to be at NASCAR were OK with that.
* The start of the NASCAR season is a month away. I'm so ready!
* Have a great day and remember, it's a "Jeep Thing". See ya Around The Corner!