Trial By Fire

Fridaynight, the Badberg's packed a cooler, grabbed a couple sweatshirts and took off for the hills! We drive for a while on pavement. I'm following Tim's lead. After a few miles the pavement turns to gravel and then to dirt. Tim stops, jumps out of his cruiser and comes back to me. I slowly roll the window down knowing what's coming. Tim says, "put it in 4-low and follow me!" I feel my throat get dry. My palms start to sweat and I can feel my heart race. I'm been on many off road trails. Corner canyon when I was in high school, Telluride when I was on my honeymoon. But, I have always been in the passenger seat. I have never been the driver. I roll up the window, take a deep breath, crank the music and go for it!