A One Tank Trip

I have been planning on going four wheeler riding today. I didn’t really have a particular destination in mind I just wanted to get out in the mountains for awhile.

When I first woke up there was a real heavy fog covering Bolt Mountain. I debated on waiting for some of the fog to burn off but decided against waiting too long because this was a fog that could easily hang around till 10 or 11am.

I left about 8 and by 11 I was roaming around in the head of Peachtree. I was actually on a trail I had never been on before just because I wanted to see where it led. The trail began on Peachtree Rd. and led in the direction of Drews Creek. The first half of a mile wasn’t bad. It was just like any other trail but the last three and half miles or so was one heck of a good four wheeler ride.

The further I moved along the trail the more I hoped it would come out in Drews Creek somewhere. Otherwise I was going to have to backtrack through some pretty rough terrain. I realized there was a real good chance this trail leads nowhere. There had been very little four wheeler traffic ever and if a trail leads to somewhere people ride them. This trail reminded me of one my friend Dennie and I took a couple of summers ago. The only difference is that we were coming from the other direction and further up the mountain.

Although Dennie and I were able to follow our trail all the way out to another road, I wasn’t to be so lucky with this one. I had a strong feeling the trail was going to end long before I reached it.

I wasn’t worried about it ending because as long as I made it here, I could make it back.

So that is pretty much what I did, turn around and went back. I had hoped the trail would come out in Drews Creek and as far as I rode it was probably pretty close. But since I was just out riding, backtracking was alright with me. I did learn something, now I know that trail goes nowhere.

It is a great time to be in the mountains especially if you like blackberries. Some of them are ripe now but in a couple of weeks there will be blackberries everywhere you look along the mountain trails.

Like I’ve said many times, I simply can’t go to Peachtree on a four wheeler without stopping at the falls. Today the falls was my last stop before heading home. It was about a seven hour four wheeler ride start to finish.