ATVs are a popular source of recreation and are great work horses on the job or on the farm. Whether for work or recreation, many people continue to operate ATVs improperly either from a lack of knowledge, poor judgment or they engage in risky behaviors resulting in injuries and fatalities. Having the proper ATV Safety Knowledge helps reduce accidents, injuries and even deaths.
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Archive for April 2012
To many camping is a seasonal activity. For me ATV camping season is a year round activity. Its hard for me to turn down an opportunity to spent time in the back country and being outdoors. Each trip offers a different experience and it seems I always learn something new.
Today’s ATV engine is an engineering marvel, electronically controlled with Electronic Fuel Injection, water cooled and balanced for smooth operation. But like any other combustion engine your ATV engine is just a big air pump and the better you understand this the easier it is to make decisions regarding performance improvements.
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To really enjoy ATV camping in the back country you have to be prepared and you need to have the energy to enjoy all of the different activities. Sometimes with all of these activities our nutritional intake suffers. To maintain the proper energy levels proper ATV camping nutrition becomes very important.
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While researching an article for the ATV Camping Blog I came across the Pink Ribbon Riders website. The Pink Ribbon Riders is a non-profit organization from Michigan whose mission is to promote breast cancer awareness in the motor sports industry for both men and women, while raising funds for those in need.
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It was a cool snowy day in mid April when we set out to ride the trails north of Empire, Colorado. We all arrive at the staging area east of Empire around 9:00am. It was breezy with temperatures in the thirties and about an inch or two of snow on the ground. To get to the main trails we had to ride up Red Elephant Hill or what I called Riding the Red Elephant.
Back in the late 1970′s I moved to Phoenix, AZ to go to college. Being from Colorado, Arizona was a nice change especially when it came to outdoor recreation. I spent many weekends camping out in the desert somewhere. Today, I get emails and talk with lots of people from Arizona and Nevada about Desert ATV Camping and its unique challenges.
After forty years of camping and riding off-road vehicles I have a lot of memories. Unfortunately I don’t have many pictures of those memories to share with others. In the past cameras were always a burden for me, but now I am trying to change that by learning to capture the moment with better ATV camping photography.
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