After Thanksgiving dinner, Brad and I packed up and hit the road for Lake Havasu City, Arizona. We had an 8 hour drive ahead of us (yes with a full tummy and starting the drive at 6pm at night, didn't seem like the smartest idea). I feel so safe with Brad driving, he is so alert and I'm sure taking a defensive driving course and driving the fire engine around helps a little. :) Brad loves to drive, and will never let me drive (which may be a good thing! haha). I'm not a huge fan of being in a car for long distances but I really enjoy seeing new places; and that to me is well worth it. We made one stop, about halfway through our drive. We ended up making it to Lake Havasu in just over 6 hours (mapquest is always waaaay slower!) We fell right to sleep sometime after midnight and woke up at 6am the next morning to get ready for a off-roading poker ride in Parker, AZ (about 25 miles from Brad's parents lake house in Havasu).
Brad's parents joined us for the ride. His parents were in his dad's off-roading vehicle. Brad and I and our two friends Kevin and Kristin rode in the back of Brad's Polaris Ranger. The ride was 35 miles in the desert. We were completely filthy dirty! So much fun! Well fun until Brad broke a rim on his Ranger 25 miles into the ride and somehow the tire stayed inflated for the last 10 miles. When we got back to the trailer park where the ride started Brad noticed the entire rear end of his Ranger was blown up. So that was the end of our desert riding for the weekend. Thank goodness for extended warranty or else just for parts to fix the Ranger would have been $1600. Yikes!
Overall we had a great weekend. His parents left Sunday evening and Brad and I enjoyed our time together. We went out shooting in the middle of the desert Monday. I finally shot a 9mm handgun! I hate hate hate guns. I'm seriously afraid of them and I conquered my fear and shot one. (Before that I only shot the 22mm rifle, which feels like a BB gun pretty much!) Makes me realize even more how powerful they are but it also makes me realize how many safety latches are on guns and how safe they are when they are handled correctly.
That night we went down to the Turtle Bar at the Nautical Hotel and watched Monday Night Football with some retired OCFA firefighters who now live full time in Lake Havasu, and another one of Brad's co-workers who lives full time in Lake Havasu and commutes to Orange County. We woke up at 5am Tuesday morning and drove back home. It was definitely right back to reality because as soon as we got home I had to go straight to class. Ugh, only 2 more weeks and I'm officially done!!! :)
Brad's Dad's Arctic Cat
Brad's Polaris Ranger
The guys checking out Brad's broken rim
Kev showing off his dirty face
The dirty Ranger
He definitely won for being the dirtiest! This picture doesn't do justice
This is where his Ranger blew up. The crack on the steel part and a hole in the middle. Something from the inside blew out and created a bullet hole. Crazy!
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