6.   It wasn't long after I was home from my Alberta Vacation when I received a call from Steve saying he just booked a trip home to Newfoundland. He had some vacation time to use up and airline vouchers to spend before they expired, so we planned out a surprise visit where our family would have no idea he was home!

Steve arrived home Thursday night and we surprised Mom the following day and took her out for lunch. On Saturday night we had a few hands over to our house in Mount Pearl for a fire and of course a few brews.

5.   Sunday morning we headed out to the St. John's Rod and Gun Club for a couple hours trap shooting before continuing on to Bay Roberts to surprise Dad. Dad in total disbelief and we had an awesome night. I had Project Foreman and Maffer's Can Am Outlander loaded aboard the truck, so we planned an ATV ride for the next morning.

4.   Every Wednesday during the Summer months Dad takes part in an ATV ride with a group of fellow retirees in Bay Roberts. Subsequently he has learned a great knowledge and familiarity of local trails. We unloaded the bikes at Roache's Line near Nine Island Pond. 

3.  Steve rode Project Foreman, Dad his '06 400 Outlander, and I had a lend of Maffer's Outlander 800 beast. We all swapped bikes throughout the day which was a great opportunity to compare all the machines. We had a great day trail riding around Nine Island Pond, Colliers and Brigus Junction covering close to 50km.

2.   I tested the limits of Maffer's Can Am Outlander and buried it in a wicked bog hole near Brigus. In the end, I really ended up only testing the winch! We had to park my Foreman side on attaching Maffer's winch line to the center of my frame to create enough drag to act as a winch anchor!

1.   Once again it was an excellent albeit too quick of a visit with Steve, but we already have plans to do it again soon!