* SUMMER FUN *

Sally, Al and I visited with Mom
Thursday (7/5) before they left
for Oklahoma.
Sally and Al were all packed up and
ready for their trip home when this
picture was taken...

Ben enjoyed getting his feet wet
in Uncle Darrel's pool on the 4th.

Nathan's batting practise with

Uncle Darrel - Nathan had just

hit the ball in this photo...

I was planning to help Nathan put

his 'Thomas' puzzle together but

he did it all by himself. Great Job,

Nathan!! (Nathan looks so grown

up here)

Fun around the campfire..

Andrea was cuddling with

Nathan at the campfire..

Happy Birthday to YOU!!!

Belated 'Happy Birthday' to LauraLee
who was 35 on June 18th. Also a Happy
Birthday to Chad who is 35 TODAY!!
Best Wishes from Mom and Dad Riley :)

"Hatfield & McCoy Trail Ride"

This is at the beginning of our trail
ride and Cori's first time riding a
4'wheeler!!

Cori took this picture from her

4'wheeler to show how we

meandered through the

mountains. It looks like

I'm in the lead!

"You go first, No, you go first"...this

was the normal conversation as we

encountered some difficult terrain.

Here it looks like we are headed

'down' the mountain.

I was proud of Cori on her first

official trail ride - she did well

and was also a great navigator

with the trail map. :)

Cori took this picture using her

wide-angle lens. I'm glad it was

the 4'wheeler that got the wide

angle treatment, if you know

what I mean... It looks like I'm

riding a 'monster' 4'wheeler.

We discovered an abandoned

mine that was on one of the

trails. Where Mark and Cori

are sitting was great feel of

air-conditioning for a hot day

of riding. Mark wanted to explore

inside the mine, but didn't have

a flashlight!!

Dale enjoyed the Trail ride, but had

to use a rental 4'wheeler which you

had to shift. The 4'wheelers we own

are automatic transmission and are

easier to ride. Thank you Dale and

Mark for letting Cori and I ride the

automatic 4'wheelers!!

Here is the 'beauty' of the mountain trail.

Cori tried to show the perspective

of the mountain trails. The elevation

changes can't be shown very well in

pictures, but most of the time we were

looking down into the treetops. Here

Mark is ahead of me climbing the trail.

This is the 'preying mantis' rental

4'wheeler with lots of power that

Mark rode. That's what Cori and

I called it.

Cori took a picture of the trail ahead.

Some trails were very steep and others

had boulders in our path. The trail

with boulders was the scariest for

me to ride on. It felt like you were

going to tip over. But we all

made it safely.

The sun was going down and the

mountain fog was moving in when

this picture was taken near Gilbert,

WV on 6/24/07.