Adventures at Bud's (Part 8) (380 hits)
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Submitted by <xenon> (View user info) at 2004-08-06 08:46:28 EDT
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Mud Bogging
There was a shortcut from the access road beside Bud's house to the garage that we made use of quite often. Right next to this access road was a large hole that wasn't very deep, but it was always soggy. Ten to fifteen big frogs also took up residence there. We made it a habit to try and hit them with rocks every time we drove by.
One day, when Bud and Hag were gone, we decided to drive through the mud puddle with the Gator. Now, it wasn't a very steep drop-off into the hole, but it wasn't exactly smooth either. I was driving. Fink was in the passenger seat, while Jughead was in the bed in the back. We first inspected the mud to see how deep it was. We prodded it with our shoes and some sticks and determined its consistency to be satisfactory for a fast run through it and up the other side. Mind you, this hole was not much longer than the Gator itself. It should have been very simple. Jughead wasn't keen on the idea of jumping through a mud puddle whilst sitting in the back of the Gator, so he stood by to watch as Fink and I drove through.
I backed the Gator up enough to be able to get to top speed before getting to the puddle and gunned it. As we splashed down we were going the full 18 MPH that the Gator can do. Going from 18 to 0 feels a lot rougher riding in an open-air ATV than in a car. Yes, we stopped dead in our tracks as the Gator's tires were 75% under mud when we hit. I tried in vain to gas it out of the hole. Then, as if fate were laughing at our predicament, the Gator began to sink more. Fink and I jumped out about the time the floorboard was going under. It eventually stopped once the mud reached the level of the pedals.
Jughead just laughed hysterically, as he had had no official part in this debacle.
Me: "So, how are we going to fix THIS?"
Fortunately, Fink had a Jeep with four wheel drive. Jughead got a chain, and Fink raced his Jeep to the site of the crash. We hooked it up to the Gator, and sucked it right out of the mud. Of course, now we had to get the mud off of the Gator before Bud saw it.
We drove it to the access road where it was near to the house, mud flying all the way. We grabbed a hose and began the spraying. Thirty minutes later, it looked better than ever. Bud even commended us for cleaning the Gator since, according to Fink...
"It was getting pretty dirty from all the dirt on the ground."
Genius...just genius.
Next up...Beaver Hunting (NOOOO, not what you're thinking)
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Submitted by AlahAckbar (user info) at 2004-08-06 12:44:52 EDT (#)
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