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Message: [QUOTE="O3RM125, post: 1273115, member: 82886"] Went out for my first "full day" of riding last weekend in over 16 years. My 11 year old was on his drz 110 and me on my rm 125. In the first 5 min as I rode away from the truck I came across two kids, maybe 8-10 years old on small quads, the first one cut me off the trail coming within about 3 feet of hitting me where the trail intersected with another trail and I rode off the trail to avoid him/her, the second kid tried to avoid their friend who had stopped and ended up stopping in the middle of the trail where I was looking to re-enter at forcing me to stop and wave them on. This was about 200 yards from the truck. No trails are marked in anyway here, when I was away from the "camping" area my Wife supervised our sons riding. It was my sons first day riding ever and as the day wore on and more people showed up to the riding area it became more and more dangerous. My son was riding near the truck as it was the only flat land in the immediate area and after watching him weave in and out(and other riders doing the same) of "traffic" I decided it was time to pack up and go home. It was not only overly busy around the area where we were camped but on the two nearby "mx tracks" people were going the wrong way on the track, jumping off the backside of the berms while riders were using the track, basically just being reckless. One time I came upon a rider going the opposite way on the track, so I turned around and started to follow him only to find more riders going the "wrong way", I gave up on riding the tracks at that point, sat on a nearby hill and watched the madness before going back to the truck to pack up. It sure made me miss the wide open spaces of Ocotillo Well's 80,000+ acres where I grew up riding. Very sorry to hear of this family's loss, and frankly after returning to the off-road riding scene in December after so long Ive heard too many stories similar to this in such a short time. [/QUOTE]

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