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Post by seenvic on Jul 6, 2011 8:02:10 GMT -5
The start of something big happened last night.
Got home from work and my 6 year old girl asked me to take her to FATS to ride. Her twin brother decided it was a good idea too. I loaded up the bikes and thought how can I make this not be a disaster.
I drove all the way to the bottom of the Brown Wave to the very bottom road crossing. I showed then the trail, and Ava said she didn't want to ride as there were so many trees and the trail looks bumpy and isn't very wide. Her brother took off running down the trail and didn't hear any of Ava's comments. Coleman came charging back ready to ride and that is all it took to sway Ava into trying it.
I unloaded the bikes and Coleman, then Ava pedaled off the gravel road into the woods as I coached them of the importance of pedaling....alot. I thought there would be two piles of 6 year olds in the first 15 feet of trail......and a mile later they had absolutely slayed it and we were at the river. I was stunned and decided this was way further than I thought they'd go, and we'd better head back.
They had some issues getting up the steeper, short rollers. But soon figured out that speed is their friend and walked less and less. They walked a good bit of the climb from the river, but rode more of it than I thought they would. Once at the top of the hill, they both rode to the car w/o much trouble or pushing. We rode a little more across the gravel road and a little on the gravel road. Based on the gps maps, I think they rode about 2 miles, total.
Coleman had no serious wrecks, just twice he rolled to a stop and fell over. Ava did that a time or two, but also had two full on wrecks where she was rolling one second and in a pile the next. She was trooper though and got right back on.
The best part was they both had fun and want to do it again. I bet tonight. I hope tonight. Gotta get the video cam going and Dustin is going to help with that.
Got home from work and my 6 year old girl asked me to take her to FATS to ride. Her twin brother decided it was a good idea too. I loaded up the bikes and thought how can I make this not be a disaster.
I drove all the way to the bottom of the Brown Wave to the very bottom road crossing. I showed then the trail, and Ava said she didn't want to ride as there were so many trees and the trail looks bumpy and isn't very wide. Her brother took off running down the trail and didn't hear any of Ava's comments. Coleman came charging back ready to ride and that is all it took to sway Ava into trying it.
I unloaded the bikes and Coleman, then Ava pedaled off the gravel road into the woods as I coached them of the importance of pedaling....alot. I thought there would be two piles of 6 year olds in the first 15 feet of trail......and a mile later they had absolutely slayed it and we were at the river. I was stunned and decided this was way further than I thought they'd go, and we'd better head back.
They had some issues getting up the steeper, short rollers. But soon figured out that speed is their friend and walked less and less. They walked a good bit of the climb from the river, but rode more of it than I thought they would. Once at the top of the hill, they both rode to the car w/o much trouble or pushing. We rode a little more across the gravel road and a little on the gravel road. Based on the gps maps, I think they rode about 2 miles, total.
Coleman had no serious wrecks, just twice he rolled to a stop and fell over. Ava did that a time or two, but also had two full on wrecks where she was rolling one second and in a pile the next. She was trooper though and got right back on.
The best part was they both had fun and want to do it again. I bet tonight. I hope tonight. Gotta get the video cam going and Dustin is going to help with that.
