|
Tahuya State Forest.
April gave us an unexpected gift of a warm sunny day for our April's Fool
tour. One of our returning clients rounded up six of his friends for an
outstanding day of ATV riding.
This group chose Belfair State Forest for their riding pleasure. As we drove
though the early morning fog, some began to question if Belfair was the best
choice. But as we drove into the Sand Pit parking lot, all of the fog had
disappeared. Our returning riders quickly claimed their mounts and assistant
guide Greg lead them away into the woods for a leisurely introduction. The new
riders and Instructor Les, set up the basic rider course and dived into the
instruction. The 14 lessons flew buy and by noon, everyone was training and raring
to trail ride.
After a magnificent box lunch from Larry's Market catering, we refueled the
ATVs and hit the trail. Since we had to avoid an enduro course, we turned East
from the Sand Pit and selected sections of the Overland trail. We followed this
trail for almost three hours, as it wound through the Northeastern section of
the State Forest. An occasional enduro rider blasted past, and once a family on
dirt bikes, but we basically had the trail to ourselves. The glacial till trails
were a treat to ride, firm yet giving. The occasional mud puddle had a firm
bottom and gave us no troubles. A short run up the connector road, led us back
to the vehicles and a break to romp in the gravel pit and the large pond in the
middle. Several people tested the fenders of the ATVs they were riding.
After our afternoon break, we did several loops around the yellow diamond
trail, picking up confidence and speed with each loop. A couple of loops back to
the gravel pit and one last circuit of the yellow diamond loop, wrapped up this
perfect ATV outing. Check out these pictures!
|