that s where approximately anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 various off-road vehicles meet, and we go jeeping. you got it. in april 2009 the mays join a caravan of four-wheelers riding the flat iron mesa trail. it offers michael plenty of opportunity to pit his maneuvering skills against the power of gravity. part of having fun is, you know, taking those risks. and seeing what you can do. there you go. you re getting ready to hit a bigger rock. the kids love riding over the obstacles. they wouldn t have it any other way. when i go out jeeping, i don t really think it s dangerous. it s just a blast. back it up! back it up! it s the best thing in the world. heidi rides along but hops out to join the watching crowd when they reach the trail s tougher challenges.
out to join the watching crowd when they reach the trail s tougher challenges. my husband does all of the driving, and i m more of the spectator, navigator type person. right over the top. you re down. this time, in addition to being a spectator/navigator, heidi is also the family photographer. this is the first time that we re going to videotape, so we want everybody in the vehicle and mom will videotape it, and it will be a great thing to show. straight down. as heidi tapes, mike drives the jeep and the kids up and down a ragged cliff known as tilt-a-wheel. hold on! when we started the run, i just expected it would be a quick two-minute run and we d be at the bottom watching the next person go through. but only seconds later, heidi senses something is wrong. there s this awful creaking sound, and i thought, okay,
that s where approximately anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 various off-road vehicles meet, and we go jeeping. you got it. in april 2009 the mays join a caravan of four-wheelers riding the flat iron mesa trail. it offers michael plenty of opportunity to pit his maneuvering skills against the power of gravity. part of having fun is, you know, taking those risks. and seeing what you can do. there you go. you re getting ready to hit a bigger rock. the kids love riding over the obstacles. they wouldn t have it any other way. when i go out jeeping, i don t really think it s dangerous. it s just a blast. back it up! back it up! it s the best thing in the world. heidi rides along but hops
and get out. finally mike emerges and heidi realizes her family is still intact. at last heidi can let go of her own anxiety. right down from where they turned the jeep back over, i walked down to the base of that and just threw up. my nerves were shot. but they re not done yet. they re in the middle of the desert with miles left to go. and mike is still up for adventure. there s actually a more difficult obstacle after this one that really required some precision driving. it was freaky. considering what they ve just experienced, the kids in the jeep are amazingly relaxed. the youngest one, we got him strapped in and he went to sleep, and the oldest one said i m okay and just went on his way. later on the mays post the
video of this spill on youtube and it becomes an internet sensation. some of the people that have posted comments on youtube back to us about that we re bad parents, that we re bad you know, we should be charged with child endangerment. for those critics, heidi has an answer. like i like to tell everybody, the family that plays together stays together, and that s our motto. and the boys to this day still talk about that rollover and talk about how much fun they had that day and how scary it was, but they re, you know, happy as a family that we go and do this. i think we are all just a little bit of adrenaline junkies. coming up a base jumper free-falls to the earth. he just died. they say if you start base jumping, you re going to die base jumping. i couldn t wait to see her again.