elk camp. part 1; lessons learned

we went to elk camp this weekend, dad, his friend Don, my brother Michael, and me. it was interesting but still kinda boring... we got there Saturday night and set up a quick camp. in the morning we set it up so that the camper was blocking the wind and we could set up the huge tarps above us. but that hasn't gone up yet. we then proceed to cut down trees for wood and stack it in the back of Don's truck (thank god he brought his permit this time). after we got wood we went back to camp and packed up. then my brother says... "lets go for a 4wheeler ride!" and off we go. up and down hills, left and right corners... then we get to a steep hill. i'm on the back of Don's 4wheeler, and he is in a wheel chair (he has been since he was 16). we went up the hill just fine but the road itself was in the shape of a "u". only with less steep sides. so it was a flattened "u". *smiles* Michael and dad are both on their own 4wheeler and they both make it up the side perfectly fine. but me and don... that's another story. we turned to go up and with the extra weight was was on the back (me) and the fact that we were both leaning back... well we fell over backwards. heels over head. Don had managed to push the 4wheeler to the side so it wouldn't crush us but even if it did fall back, the road was curved enough that we would just fall into the nice soft dirt with the 4wheeler over us. dad came running when he heard m squeal. but we were both fine. after Don got back on the 4wheeler, it was a simple matter of turning it so that it was back on all 4 tires. dad, of course, helped with that. i got back on and road back to camp with him. it was an experience that i will never forget, not because it was scary, but because its the lessons learned from the it. for example, even though Don was in a wheel chair, he doesn't know everything about weight and leverage. or at least not as much as we both know now. and then there is next weekend, the weekend before elk season starts. this is going to be fun...