G Bobs ATV Blog

Memorial Weekend was a great ride as some friends came down to southern WV from Ohio and Pennsylvania to partake the great atv riding in WV. Since they all stayed at South Charleston on friday night and I was to meet them at the Hatfield McCoy Bearwallow parking lot at 9 am I had to leave the house by 5 am saturday morning. I managed to get out on time and after a brief stop at hardees in Sophia for a bisquit I was on my way. Since there was no traffic on the road I found myself in the Bearwallow parking lot at 8 am. I tried to take a nap while waiting for the rest of the crew to arrive but the anticipation of the days ride left me to excited to grap a nap.

Saturdays Ride

Consisted of Ruger, his father Lenny and inlaw John, Full Throttle, Wacker, Midget and Zippy and long lost riding buddy Prairie Pounder. All I can say about saturdays ride was it was long and dusty. We had one mishap as Lenny hit a rock and knocked a huge hole in the sidewall of his right front tire. 7 tire plugs later we all held our breath as we continued down the trail. I think we were all surprised to see the plugs hold up the rest of the day.

Did mention it was dusty on Saturday? I rode drag some of the day and it wasnt uncommon to have to stay a couple hundred yards back or order to be able to see.

Silly moment of the day. Came across these two guys buried in a mudhole. It took two of our atvs to pull them out. Of course Full throttle had to give the mudhole a try and he was finally able to get thru it. After he made a couple runs at it and we were loaded up and ready to take off, these guys decided to jump back in. I hope they found someone else to pull them out :)

In the long run we got in over 70 miles. They headed to their hotel in Beckley and I came on home to a happy puppy and my own bed.

Sunday

Sunday found the same group of riders unloading across from the Sunoco on Rt19 at 9 am. Jim25901 from atvwv.com joined us. Even though Wacker and Ruger had the same gps tracks as me they allowed me the pleasure of leading the days ride.

Its been published that the Boy Scouts of America have purchased the bulk of the area known as Garden Grounds so it remains to be seen how much longer this area will be available to atv riding.

I was thrilled to find water in the mudholes and since many of the trails were in the woods they we not as dryed out and dusty as saturdays trails.

We werent long into the ride when we came across this turkey dusting itself in the road. Apparently it knew hunting season ended sat as it was in no hurry to leave.

Boys will be boys when it comes to mudholes and Sunday was no exception.

We made our way out to spy rock which has a great view of the new river. I hated to see all the trash that people have been leaving out there. Doesn't anyone have any respect anymore.