It's the end of April and I just have to say how beautiful the desert is this year. We've had record breaking rainfall so far this year and it's paying off in a big way with tons of color and a green desert. It's great to get out and see it.
Timm lead the Dunes and Trails ATV Club weekend ride this month just a short 70 miles from home near Mesquite. We headed out on Thursday...a cold, windy, rainy day...but we knew the weather was getting better each day. No riding on Thursday, just relaxing and catching up with friends. Friday we headed out with Keith in the lead on the way to Virgin River. Upon reaching our location we found out that all the rain that passed thru (and headed north) had covered the sand bar and the river was just moving too swiftly to play with any safety in mind.
On our way back we topped out on the mesa and actually found a place Timm had seen on the internet...Double Negative. It's considered 'earth art' if you can believe that. Here is the link for more info.
We had lots of day trippers show up on Saturday morning and ended up with 18 riders. We headed down the mesa and across the river and up the mountain. Our first stop was at the slot canyon.
Our real treat and adventure for the day was Cabin Creek. We were heading up it. Years ago it was a paved road up the canyon to a mine operation but the road was totally wiped out by the creek and now it is just an awesome trail on an ATV. Keith's Rhino had a few tight squeezes but nothing he couldn't handle, even the sport quad did an fantastic job. We also ventured to the Great Eastern Mine and the Key West Mine, along with an old steam engine remains (why it's there I don't really know).
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