First 4×4 Dirt Track
John has experience, but this was my FIRST time on a real 4×4 dirt track.
I learned when the guide book says, “Engage four wheel drive low range.” that in 4×4 talk, this actually means “Don’t go down that track, there will be ruts deep enough to fit small children!”
John selected one of the “easier” drives listed in the book.
Now before I start, I’d like to say for our first 4×4 drive, it looked to me we had two strikes against us before we even started. We were in that park, the one that has such warning signs:
Not very encouraging.
Now I am guessing John goes on these adventures for the adrenaline rush, but for me, I go for the views like this one.
And this one.
Of course spotting kangaroos along the way is also beautiful.
So far the trip was fun. You follow the step by step directions in the book, putting the odometer to zero at the end of each step.
Now we hit the point of no return. I should have mentioned to John that my bladder was sending me some clear signals before we started this. But once we started, there would be no place or way to turn back.
Now it’s a shame that the camera angle was such that I can’t truly show the incline we were on nor the depth of the groves and ruts.
Something told me that I should grab my phone and take a movie:
At the bottom of the hill, after been tossed all over the place in the truck, John pointed to the thing of beauty, the answer to all my bladder’s prayers. It might not look like much, but it was a thing of beauty to me. But after the harrowing downhill we just went on, I teased John anyway, and told him it was too late. 🙂
Also at the bottom of the hill, a lovely view, the Swan River. (Avon)
A moment of pause, because, we had to get up back that hill. To a novice like me, it didn’t seem possible!
We did make it up that hill.
I never thought on a chilly day, I ever sweated as a passenger before.
