4WD Competition

And the winners were...........

US!!!

Recently, our church held a

series of Dvd lessons on the

subject of marriage for couples

in the church.

At the end of the sessions,

we held a couples only 4WD competition

out on a property out of town.

The girls helped the Pastor and his

family to carve out a 4wd track

through the bush, with the help

of a chainsaw, machete and

good old hard work!

They did a great job making a

challenging course for us to use.

Emilee and Maddie even got to

drive the course in Pastors' Rodeo

to try out their handiwork.

It only took 10 years off

the passengers' lives, but hey,

they had a great time!

There were 3 main challenges

on the day.

First, the passenger had to balance an

egg on a wooden spoon

while the driver negotiated the course.

You had 3 eggs to go through

and YAY! I didn't break any,

thanks to Dave's awesome skills

behind the wheel.

Here's Abbi giving it a go.

She broke all 3. Ahem. Cough cough.

Next challenge was the bucket challenge.

You had to strap a bucket of water to the

bulbar and be the one with the most

water left in it at the end.

Not as easy as it sounds.

Then, lastly, the funnest part.

The driver (being me) was blindfolded

and guided through the course

by the passenger (being Dave).

This was really fun and challenging.

I haven't concentrated that hard since

well, um, have I ever concentrated that hard?

Anyway, I kept the blindfold on the whole

course, even on the trickiest parts

and by following Dave's instructions

to the letter, we managed to make it

through unscathed.

Abbi and James did really well with this

which was nice to see that they're getting

along so well already:)

It's a real trust exercise.

Ok, so James did guide Abbi into a tree branch

sort of, maybe not technically,

do a little damage,

but, the old 60 will live to see

many another day.

All the challenges were timed and points

given. And at the end of it all,

Dave and I came out on top!

Which, I suppose we should seeing we've

been married the longest!

Besides the fact that we're soooo

AWESOME!!

And just so you know

the old girl can still spin it's wheels.

(While being driven by a madwoman

in a blindfold on a 4wd track)

I've put together a short video of the day.

Unfortunately, there was no footage

taken of Dave and I driving,

so you'll just have to take our word for it.

It was a great day and we finished it off

with a BBQ and campfire.

Pastor Ken Chapman from Darwin

came down and gave us a good charge

and an object lesson to summarize

the whole series.

So, if you're ever in our neck

of the woods, come and join in the fun.

We may not do things in the way your used

to, but we do it Territory style!