The Rhino

I totally forgot to write about it, but back on July 18th we bought a 660 Yamaha Rhino.  I think it just might  have been one of the best purchases ever made!  We love it!  Ever since we borrowed a friends to go hunting back in 2009, we have always dreamed of having one and it just kind of happened.  I started looking on KSL and had a few possibilities to check into when we saw that a guy was selling his over by East Minico in Rupert.  I immediately drove over there and couldn't believe it....it was the size of engine and the color I wanted!!!  Plus it was well taken care of.  That all happened late Friday night and Rhino arrived safely at our house Monday afternoon.  YAY!  It's pretty awesome because I have already used it for yardwork, to haul wood to my firepit, we drove into town one night, camping, and we frequently take the boys for rides in it.  We all 4 LOVE IT!

Featherville

Last Thursday after work Tarbet and I had a lot to do to get ready for our trip to Featherville for the weekend.  We borrowed a trailer from the shop and loaded up the Rhino then went to load up Scotty and Lacey's bikes.  That was a trailer full and they strategically fit on it! 

Trailer Full!

Friday we took off of work and had everything loaded up and ready to go, we just stopped by Hill and got the pickup fueled up and bought ice...something like ten bags of ice.  The main reason for all the ice....Tarbet has a fetish with buying coolers, three in the last year and I'm not talking just a simple cooler-I'm talking the best 6-day-Extremes.  When we were grocery shopping at Walmart the night before, we hadn't even made it to the food side of the store and we had to go get a second cart because of this thing.  When we were walking through the store a man made the comment to us, "That is going to hold a lot of beer.  I say that because I have one too!"  Well it does and it did.  We both made the comment and laughed that it's going to be a good trip when your beverage cooler is twice the size of your food cooler.  We might just have to start bagging our own ice to make it affordable to fill that sucker.  Anyways, after that stop we were headed out of town!  Can you believe it?  Tarbet's phone was off for two whole days....AMAZING.

This tree was huge so I made Tarbet stand there to get his picture taken.

 Once we got there we found a spot to stay, hit up the Featherville Saloon and waited for Scotty and Lacey to get into town. That night was a blast! After I got reprimanded for driving off trail by some major hard ass camp hosts, we made up some awesome steaks and baked potatoes on the camp fire while the guys went and found some firewood. Lacey and I busted out the margaritas in a bucket, music....and eventually some sombreros that were in her Yukon. Why does she have sombreros in her Yukon you ask...."because you just don't know how much fun you can have until you're in a sombrero."

You know you're jealous....you wish you had a sombrero.

Dang boy won't stay in bed :)

Briggs was ready for bed after that party :)

 The next day we went riding and came back a dirty mess.  There is not a whole lot of riding places there but we love to take the bikes so we went down the road to Baumgartner and Big Smokey.  It was so hot we played in the water some then the boys went fishing.
 

Tarbet's fishing attire

We drove around town and went to visit Dave and Cathy Gentry who live up there in the most beautiful cabin.  Oh wow, I was so excited to go inside and see how it looked it is so nice!  That night was another delicious dinner in the dutch oven and then relax time. I took a bath in the river, which surprised everyone when I disappeared for a min then came back wearing new clothes and a towel on my head. Damn it was cold but hey I wasn't the one complaining the next day of how bad I wanted to take a shower now was I?!
 

We loaded up and headed home on Sunday.  Those 3 days off sure went by fast which is kind of depressing but it was a good trip overall.  I hope we can make it back to Featherville next year, it is beautiful up there!

Lawnmower Races-August 1st

The lawnmower races were so fun this year.  A lot of people came out for them too!  Since West End built a lawnmower and Steve Roberts got ahold of a couple others, Tarbet, Sutton, and Shane Murphy all rode them.

 The mowers need to be tuned up a bunch more to do better next year, but it was great having those guys out to represent West End.

Tarbet's Mower!

Sutton

Bruce Brown & Randy Sutton

They also signed up for the "Bermuda Shorts Race" where the team has to put on shorts over there clothes, start the mower, and race around the track handing rings to the other teammates.  When they run out of rings, they have to de-pants and then the next teammates take turns.  Fun stuff and they were doing really well until the borrowed lawnmower decided to die off on them.  Bruce Brown and I went out to the middle of the track and enjoyed watching them!

Looking forward to next year!

Back in the Races

A couple of weeks ago, Kent decided that he wanted to race in the Lawnmower Races that East End Fire Department puts on every year.  He mentioned it that Monday at fire meeting.  Years ago, West End used to race every year and did pretty well.  Richie Hilterbrand, who was assistant chief for years on West End, is always up for this kind of stuff and since he had found a mower awhile back, he was on board.  The last couple of weekends, we have went over to Richie and Bubba's house after work and messed with the mower. 

I have to say, I really enjoy going and being a part of it although I'm not the kind of mechanical help they are!  Richie has done most all of the mechanical work himself and had it running good.  We painted it fire engine red and Randy Sutton ordered some nice decals for it.

Richie is pretty proud!

With such little time before the race on August 1st, they couldn't do a lot of the things they wanted to.  I think everyone is just glad to be back in the races!