Family Vacation - COVID-STYLE, Day 6 - Side-by-Sides

My kids would argue that our Thursday activity was by far the best, but it was actually something my sweetie has wanted to do for a very long time. We try to do one special thing on each trip and this was it.

We found Back Country Attitudes on the internet and at nearly $100 each, it was more expensive than we would typically spend for our group, but since we only had one other activity planned for the entire 10 days of vacation, we decided we were going to make it happen.

Our journey started at 9:00 on Thursday morning. We arrived just in time for helmet fittings and a quick lesson in driving before we all climbed in the buggies and took off. Since we were a party of 9, Curly quickly offered to ride with our guide, Kevin. He was amazing and he must have jumped out of his buggy 20 times to clean all 3 windshields. But wait, I'm getting ahead of myself.

My sweetie drove the second buggy and Drama Queen drove the third. They were a little cautious as they drove through town and out onto the backroads. We were all surprised and amazed at how easily the buggies handled ruts and bumps, dirt, and rocks.

We saw some beautiful scenery and Kevin took lots of pictures.

We droved further and further out into the hills of Ruidoso. Soon it was almost like we were not even on roads. But the favorite part was the puddles. Everytime we hit water/mud/etc., we made it fly! The kids were having a crazy good time although as we were driving back at nearly the 4-hour mark, Baby Doll fell asleep. You might ask how that could happen with all the noise and the wind (there were no side windows), but having that much fun, after a while, is completely exhausting!