"The Great American Race"

As the summer season begins to come to an end there were numerous discussions as to when the 

great "race" would take place...what race you ask...well...Eldon and Landon wanted to race on their motorcycles..Landon would drive his motorcycle across the Naches 4 wheel drive trail from the west side over to the east side, running about 35 miles on rough terrain.  Eldon would drive his motorcycle on the Chinook Pass highway (Highway 410) which runs about 50 miles.  Eldon's route was along the American River, which is why they came back terming it, "The Great American Race"....

The pictures above are the before shots....

 Eldon stops at the 

Chinook Pass summit to take this beautiful shot of Rainier in the background.

The race is completed and they meet up.  Eldon wins by only a  mere 7 minutes, out of an hour and 15 minute race!  Landon bullets through the difficult trail portion of the course in only 40 minutes!  If you've ever been on the trail, you'd know that is no small endeavor!  I think they were both excited to see each other.

 Landon, again jumping from point A to point B...

 Again, Eldon doing his best to keep up with Landon....I'm just glad he could hang on and survive the picture

 After they met up, they took to the trail together

 fun along the way...

 The "after" pictures of "The Great American Race".  What you can't see in the picture is the dirt on Landon's face.  He's the one that was on the trail the most, and when they both took to the trail, he'd be the one to follow Eldon's dirt....

They could hardly get the smiles off their faces!  I sure had a great time listening to all their excitement!  Another great memory made between a dad and his son....gotta love that.