M & N, on the road, again!: The Narrows (No Name wash)

Yesterday we put together a long ride (over 50 miles) up the No Name wash AKA The Narrows to entertain some folks from Idaho, who were moving on to another area soon. The wash is very long...the bottom is so wide you don't realize you're in a wash...the middle is so narrow Jeeps have to be guided through a couple sections...and we want to go again.

We take our ATVs to a starting point on pickups and trailers, because it's a ways away. Actually, it's on the Fort Yuma-Quechan Reservation in California. Here our friend, Ed, watches over our stuff as we go play. He's quite a character, whom we got to know last year. He takes care of us, because he likes women, so Kathy and I flirt 'outrageously'...lol.

He dry camps here all year round and is quite well-known by the nearby authorities. Ed likes to brag about his fights...things he's shot...and n'er do wells he's called the authorities about. We're bringing Ed cookies next time we go. It's either that or a woman, cause "he don't drink".

The first picture here is as the wash begins narrowing. The second picture is about at it's narrowest point. There were four quads and 3 Razors, a total of twelve people. Although at one point we added a couple more Razor-type vehicles, who began following us thinking, we knew where we were going...NOT!

We ran into a group, who were coming in the opposite direction. They told us how to get where we wanted to go without going back. So off we went...somehow we missed the road we were supposed to take. But all the folks from Idaho thought the way we took was much more fun. It certainly was more exciting. It was front wheel(s) in the air at moments and little jumps at unexpected times. But everyone made it safely. The four of us from the neighborhood said, "Whew!", when we got through that section. The riders who use their ATVs all the time thought it was "the best riding of the day"...hee-hee...