I live just through the trees from a really grumpy guy. I’ve been told he’s even grumpier than I am (no, seriously.) The thing he hates most in this life is unsupervised kids on four wheelers and motorcycles blasting past his house at mach four raising an outrageous cloud of dust.
The other day I overheard a conversation in the lumberyard beween this man and another. He was obviously still angry about the situation and very vocal. “I called the sheriff on the little %$^&$#,” he declared defiantly. “You should have seen the look on the parents’ faces when they found out they were to be fined.”
In case you’ve forgotten, you are responsible for your children until they turn 18. If they’re out tearing up the countryside it will be you that will foot the bill. But it needn’t ever get that far. Nobody I know up here is unhappy with ATV’s going past the house at a reasonable speed. I would define reasonable at less than 10 mph. I don’t know anyone who would give an ATV a second glance if it came by at that speed.
The problem is when they come by 5 – 6 at a time fishtailing down the road with no regard for anyone. That’s a problem. But again, if you’ll just hold it down until you’re out of the cabins and onto the trails, you can turn yourself inside out and nobody will care. And there are thousands of miles of wood roads and other trails where you can do just that.
So slow down through the cabins. Don’t make any more dust than you have to. Don’t make any more noise than you have to. And everyone will leave you alone to enjoy your time here. It’s really that simple. Bring your four wheelers and blast around with us. We’d love to have you come and share all this with us. But show a little kindness as you go through the cabins. It will go a long way toward neighbor relations.
