Thursday, August 21st - Bad, bad day

Mike, Bunni, Tanner, Rachel and Jessica sent ATVing today. Rachel rode behind Mike and Tanner rode behind Bunni. Jessica rode alone on the yellow Honda. We rode up to Strawberry Point. It was a fun and easy ride. It was Jessica's first time riding alone so we took an easy trail and rode nice and slow. When we headed home we took trail #61. Mike and George rode it a couple of weeks ago and it was easy enough. This time it had some deep ruts from the heavy rains. :{
Not very far into the ride, Jessica it a rut and over corrected which caused the the ATV to tip on it's side. I was behind her and saw the whole thing. Needless to say it scared me beyond words. Mike and I ran to her and helped her lay down. Her right leg was hurting very bad. She didn't want to move it. Mike rode his ATV back to the cabin to get his jeep. Rachel, Tanner and I stayed with Jess to keep her comfortable. Tanner told her it was lucky it hadn't happened in South America. I had to agree with him.
Mike, Tanner, Rachel and Jessica rode back to the cabin in the jeep. I followed on my ATV. We pushed the Honda back upright and left it by the side of the road.
We left Rachel and Tanner with Grandma-Great and took Jessica to the Insta-Care in Cedar City.
She had a large gash on her knee cap. Xrays didn't show a break but her growth plate at thetop of her knee is cartilage and wouldn't show on an xray and that's where most of her pain was.
They cleaned and dressed her gash and put a splint and ace bandage on. It goes from just above her ankle to above her knee. She was in some apin this evening and didn't sleep very good. We got a prescription for Loritab. When we got back to the cabin, Mike and I drove back to the accident site and brought home the yellow Honda.
We watched the movie "Home Alone 2" and ate ice cream this evening.
Mike called Chad and explained everything.
Not the best day at the cabin so far.
RULE #1 - No one under the age of 14 rides alone.
RULE #2 - 14 and over MUST be well trained before they ride alone