How I got my wife and kids involved in quad riding!
Leaked secret by Dennis Watts (pst! don't tell
me wife)
I've been riding quads for ages and can't remember when was the first time I rode my first quad. I think my uncle was the one who took us all up for camping trip and we all rented quads, including smaller ones for the kids, and rode around in the camping zone. We must have had the time of our lives because ever since then, I'd much prefer a quad to any other vehicles in the world. Give me a rocket and I'd say, “Nah, I want my quad”. But that illustrates my fascination with quad riding. Now, my wife, Tina, and two kids don't share the same passion. In fact, every time I tell my wife that I am going quad riding, she's freak out and find some form of reason (some reasonable and some out of this world) and excuses for me not to go. If she had a choice and think that I wouldn't go bananas about it, she'd throw my quad to the whales! My kids LIKE quad riding but they don't share my excitement; ten-year-old Joe prefers computer game and likes to play ATV Off Fury while Janice, my thirteen-year-old thinks coloring her face is way more fun and the quad helmet will ruin everything! Go figure! Today, we're a big frantic family, me, Tina, Joe and Janice are all nuts about ATVs and I love it. How, you're asking? The biggest obstacle was to convince Tina to let me take the whole family out on an ATV trip – to her, that's like asking the whole family to perish together in never-never-to-come-back land. So, what's an honest and quad-crazy guy like me to do but to lie!? Now, I'm not saying that you should lie to your wife and kids but hey, it worked for me, that's all I'm saying! So, if you want to lie to your wife about a quad trip, go ahead but just don't point your finger my way. So, I said we were going to Florida for nice little sun-bathing but instead, I drove north and they found themselves staring at snow-capped mountains and needing extra clothes. Instead of sunny Florida , they ended up in Bird Creek ATV trail. I know, I'm brilliant. The only non-brilliant part of my plan is that we shivered when images of us riding around in Bird Creek in Bermuda shorts and swimming suits! But there's nothing like a little shopping to soothe the wrangled nerves of a woman ready to kill her husband. The kids surprised me with their “Gee, dad. Cool”. Once the clothes issue was solved, we dived right into riding the rented quads around the park and because she had no other choice but to dive in as well, Tina rode a quad for the very first time. So, now, my family is a force to be reckoned with whenever we're quad riding. I'd have to say that Joe is picking up this quad-riding thing quite quickly. In fact, he's beginning to think that quad riding is cooler than chatting on MSN . For Tina, at least she doesn't look like she'll throw a chopper at me whenever I ask her to go quad riding; and since I've allowed her to put make-up before wearing her helmet, Janice thinks quad riding rocks too! |