ATV-ing up American Fork Canyon

On Saturday I went up American Fork Canyon with my brother Dave on the ATV's. We had a blast.



We parked at the parking lot at Tibble Fork, then took the left fork up the canyon. I was amazed at how many trails and camp sites are up there. We saw a red-tailed hawk fly right infront of us.
We crossed a creek to get into one of the camp sites and you could tell it was Dave's 1st day on an ATV...

He got much better later, as you can see.

At least he didn't roll the ATV like I did. We were coming down the trail after 2 hours of fun and I wasn't really paying attention. I was kind-of standing up because it was rocky and my back was a little sore from sitting on the seat the whole time. Well, on the right side of the trail there was bank of dirt and as I went over it the front tire hit a rock that was at the top and since I was standing my center of gravity went off and the ATV started to roll to my left. I hopped off and rolled away from the ATV which Dave thought did a 360 and then onto it's side. It still ran fine and we made it down the mountain OK, but my I spraied my wrist and my lower back must have landed on a rock because it is still SORE. Anyway, I just rolled my eyes because I'd been so careful the whole time and with only 5 minutes left on our ride on the way down I go and don't pay attention and get up getting hurt. It was a good lesson for me to learn and I know I'll be more careful next time (if Amy doesn't sell the ATV's out from under me one day while I'm at work) :)