(Beyond Bullhead, AZ.) It is hard to believe that I look back on the era of ATVs/"Quads" with nostalgia but it is so. They drove slower and were more approachable than their more modern replacements, the side-by-sides. I had nice conversations with ATV Quads people from time to time, which is probably hard for readers to believe, the way I besmirch the motosports industry.
It always feels good when you get camped away from a busy noisy dirt highway that is popular with the modern side-by-side enthusiasts, but yesterday was Saturday after all, so I had a couple of the morons come by the camper. One came by rather slowly, so I can't complain about noise and dust except for the loud redneck music he was spewing out. He changed his mind about his route and started working on getting turned around.
Then something remarkable happened: he turned his music down, as if self-aware of being just a few feet from the open door of a camper. Wasn't that amazing?! I realized for the first time that those people are sentient beings.
I haven't been through an experience like that since I was visited in camp by a loose pit bull once. Initially he alarmed me. Then I discovered he was a sweetheart.
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| A good-will ambassador for his breed who visited my camp a few years ago. |
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