Learning how to drive a four wheeler while in lock down

Kendra Hill Staff Writter

This just in, Minnesota is shut down. Wait so no more Starbucks, shopping mall trips, or being around people. This is gonna affect a lot of things that I need but don’t need to keep my mental status the way it is. But a lot more time to spend with my boyfriend (Johnathan Smith) and his family as they try to teach me how to drive a semi-automatic four wheeler.

At first I kept bugging him for a ride as I didn’t know how to drive it but after a while he convinced me to give it a try. I didn’t want to learn as I tend to not understand things the first time but everyone kept pushing me and pushing me to give it a try and eventually I did it.

My boyfriend kept telling me make sure you shift when you hear it start to make a loud noise. At first he didn’t make sense but after killing the four wheeler multiple times I finally understood what he was talking about.

After many failed attempts I could finally keep it running and I eventually knew when to shift and when to down shift.

We eventually made it around town before going and getting one of our friend (Skylar Sheppard) to head out of town. When we went out of town I wasn’t driving Johnathan was driving as we were on gravel and going through mud puddles left and right. All three of us ended up getting mud on our clothes to the point where we had to wash down the four wheeler.

So moral of the story if at first you don’t succeed try try again.