Boonie Riders/ IFWDA Fall Trail Ride

The Fall Trail Ride hosted by the Boonie Rides at the French Lick spring Resort was great. The Boonie Riders cut the trails with some help from Monroe County 4x4 and a few Tri-State Jeepers. They should all be pleased with the outstanding results. There was a trail ride Friday night with about 15 vehicles with minor difficulties. Saturday was awesome. It could have been a little warmer and not have rained the night before, but that just added another level of difficulty. We hit the trails at about 9:30a.m., give or take a couple of minutes. I was with the hard group because the trail guide was my dad (Keith Dryden). In the end our group had 6 vehicles in all. We started with the Stairway. My day had to use the winch and so did everyone else except the white jeep. Next we went to the 10 trail. While going down it an orange Bronco got a huge rock caught on his right side steering linkage. We had to do a little creative maneuvering to get him out. A little way’s up from that was a steep hill. My dad tried and had to winch up. Then the white jeep comes up it with a little trouble but winch. Everyone else went around it. We were in the vicinity of Soup Bowl on the 10 trail when one of the vehicles had to replace a rear u joint. The trail went by an obstacle that is called Birfield Bypass. The white jeep made several attempts to climb it but wasn’t successful. Then we left the 10 trail to a trail that was cut on the Saturday and Sunday a week before the event. This trail had three or four major obstacles with a rocky ravine environment. That mixed together made it an awesome trail. We drove down on to the pipeline to look at a big ravine called Mt. Mother that would be a blast to go sledding down if there was snow. I suggested this for an activity at the convention. Then we headed to an area were there was two big mud holes. There were three vehicles that made it through, two that didn’t. One of those two had mechanical difficulties and had to be strapped out. That was the end of our trail riding. That night there was a dinner, raffle and 50/50 drawing. Thanks to all that’s helped put this together, and I can’t wait till the Convention.

By: Emma Dryden

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