Head to BigRock Campground for the Christmas in September Toys for Tots weekend!
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Tags: Benefit Ride, BigRock, NDVATV
Spent the weekend at the North Country ATV Rodeo. The husband and I volunteered to help out Friday, which meant the little guy spent seven and a half hours with his parents. Dad did parking and I started out in the T-shirt tent and then went to admissions, and the kiddo went back and forth between us, being a real trooper about not having a whole lot of fun.
So Saturday was fun day. He did the radar run.
I think, once his turn came, he got a little nervous because he only clocked in at 22mph. Hypothetically, if the speed limit wasn’t 25 on the rail bed, he hypothetically would have been holding a steady 27 the night before. Hypothetically.
We watched some mud runs.
Neither my husband nor I really had a lot of interesting in doing the mud runs. It was too hot and, without a pressure washer at hand, dealing with the radiators was going to be a horror show. (Plus, my sneakers have more tread than my current tires do.) But the little guy really wanted to do the kid’s mud pit (since he didn’t get to on Friday because he was being my assistant). We were hanging around, waiting, but in the meantime the side-by-sides and the pick-up trucks were using the kid’s pit as an access road to the field and tearing the crap out of it. Then the big pick-up got stuck and pretty much killed it. We walked over and there was no way his 90cc Outlaw was going to make it through. Then a couple of kids his age/size pulled up on a 660 Grizzly and a 500 Vinson and he decided he’d rather go back to the campground and hang out in the pool.
The husband and I were a little relieved because putting a machine through a mud pit and then going down the holy-crap-dusty rail bed would be like dipping the thing in concrete. So there may have been a cc cap on the kid’s pit (I think it was 300cc for the kid’s radar run class), but we didn’t bother asking because we didn’t want to sit in the sun for another hour and a half waiting. (And I’ll keep my opinion on parents allowing small children to ride adult-sized machines unsupervised to myself.)
So, anyway, the Short Kid didn’t get to do the kid’s mud pit, but he went on his first helicopter ride!
Thrown in Chappy’s french fries and I don’t even know how many bottles of Powerade and the Stacey family had a good time at the Rodeo, as always!
12th ANNUAL NEW ENGLAND ATV RODEO
FLEA MARKET/SWAP MEET
FRIDAY – AUGUST 5th – 12pm to 7pm. SAT – AUGUST 6th – 10am to 7pm.
IN THE FIELD AT BURNS TRUCK STOP IN NORTH STRATFORD, NH.
Friday’s Event Schedule: Opening Ceremonies wil be at 12pm by the NCATV tent. Dealers will have the new model year machines set up and on display for you to view. We will also have aftermarket parts and accessories vendors. Bring the kids and let them try our Kids-only Mud Pits. These pits are designed with them in mind. Not too deep, not too wet. It’s just what they’re looking for: a chance to play like the big boys. We also have straight-line mud pits for the adults this year, as well as radar runs. Stop by our food vendors and grab a bite to eat.
For more information, including the full schedule and competition classes, check out the North Country ATV website.
When you’re a little guy on a little machine, what does it take to keep from sliding into the ruts and ending up on your side in mud puddle?
Dad in the brush, offering a hand.
My guy spent a couple of hours yesterday pressure-washing many layers of caked on mud off my Rincon. The good news: I didn’t have to do it. The bad news: it had to be done so we can try to find out where the horrible squealing sound is coming from.
But it’s clean! More or less.
Another awesome Fourth of July weekend at BigRock Campground. Food, friends, fun, fireworks and a bottle of wine! My favorite pictures from the weekend…
Ready to find some mud!
Found some!
Kickin' back
Tags: BigRock
Only put about 50 miles on my Rincon this weekend. I think the tree limb jumping up and kneecapping me should earn me double mileage points, though. Like Scrabble, only more painful.
The King Quad’s got two ripped boots and squeaks like a whorehouse box spring. My Rincon’s squealing like a Beatles fangirl and every time I hit the brakes my back rack tries to pass me on the left. Maintenance plan? Make sure we’ve got a tow strap.
Looking forward to the holiday weekend at BigRock Campground. Hopefully the machines will still be intact (more or less) come July 5th.
Ride it 'til it breaks
Because of a sad little man with no life, I’ve had to change the moderation settings here. The first time you comment, I’ll have to approve it. After that, you shouldn’t go to moderation again.
Apparently the sad little man’s wife doesn’t care that he’s harrassing a woman he doesn’t know on the internet, but many of the messages he’s posted have been of a disgusting sexual nature. I feel threatened by that and there are rules about intimidating women online. If it continues, that’s going to be an embarrassing visit from law enforcement to explain to her friends, neighbors and son.
There are plenty of other places he can run his mouth. Not here.
Not only was this a long holiday weekend, but it was the first time I’d ridden my Rincon since October. Unfortunately, there were some mad storms in the North Country and the trail system took a beating.
Some of the trails were in good shape…
But some had nasty ruts…
Some were underwater…
And some were just gone…
