Today was probably the best non-snow ATV ride I have ever had in Jackson County! No dust, perfect temps, and clear sky. We rode 120 miles and stuffed ourselves with homemade pizza in Pray for only 5 bucks. There was enough mud to be able to tell the ATV trail from a bicycle trail, which is the way it should be. They try so hard nowadays to make the off-road ATV trails into roads. They straighten the curves, level the hills, and fill in the mud puddles. Then they warn about the increasing trend of opening town roads to ATV travel. What difference does it make? The off-road trails are being made to look like roads, so why not the other way around too. Many of the town road ATV routes have bigger hills, deeper sand, sharper curves, and more fun to ride than some of the off-road ATV trails!

We ran into some storm damage at Crawford Hills, but that was about the only place. There were a lot of trees down in the campground and a few on the trail. Some of the campers there said they sought shelter just in time, only to come back to a few destroyed tents and some ruined camping equipment. Many of the trees were stripped of their leaves and needles from hail. The storm went through at 10:00 last night and they said the hail was still on the ground this morning, because there was so much of it.