- Nov 24, 2000
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today we were going to practice at a motocross track but it was so windy that we decided to ride some local trails. the trails are on the downstream side of the dam at the lake. there is a small tt practice track there too. it was me, my daughter kendall, my nephew stevie, his grandfather david, motox757 and his son mason. 757 is a drn member but doesn't post. we started off riding the tt track. it is basically an oval with two jumps. most of the guys that ride there don't jump so david (he just got a new crf 450) and i put on a little air show for them. david was hitting about 80 feet and i was getting about 70. we had probably thirty people watching us. they had never seen anyone jump that far there. sometimes it's fun to show off.:cool: they are amazed when we take our helmets off and they see that we are both in our forties. david, 757 and i went for a trail ride and left the kids at the tt track. the trails are pretty fast and wide. that's the way i like them. they were made by atv's. most of the dirt is pretty good but some of the hills are a little rocky (although nothing like that whiterock nitemare). we found a fun hill climb that led to more trails but 757 wasn't up for the climb (he's strictly a motocrosser) so we didn't get to check out that area. most of the trails generally follow the river bottom, winding through the trees and across a few small creeks. nothing too difficult but not boring either. we went back to the tt track and grilled some dogs and sausages ala heartland spodes (gotta keep the cholesteral level up). after lunch, we decided to take the kids on a trail ride. a young couple rode with us. he was on an xr250 and she was on a ttr125. it was a slow but fun ride. i enjoy watching the kids and seeing their improvements. stevie seemed to have a problem with stalling his xr100 (he just got it last week) but otherwise we had no real problems. we finished our ride then rode the tt track some more. i took about 20 laps on david's 450. it's an awesome machine. after about five laps, i was jumping it as far as my cr. if i can be convinced that they really are easy to start, i might get one. david had more than one episode of starting problems today and he is a long time 4 stroke rider. the girl on the ttr borrowed her boyfriends xr and started riding the tt track. she was out-jumping him. it was kinda funny. he was cool about it and seemed genuinely proud of her. we are trying to convince her to race. she would do well in the women's classes here. the kids found some old cow bones which gave them a thrill. then one of them told my daughter that there were some bones under some old carpet dumped out in the woods. she was out there digging thru the trash trying to find them (who raised that weird kid anyway)? we took the kids on another trail ride. when we got back everyone of them complained because we didn't go through the muddy trails. mason said he wanted his dad to get his money's worth at the car wash. it was almost dark as we were loading up the big bikes. then we heard the siren go off at the dam. that meant that they were releasing water. the kids jumped on their bikes and hauled down there to watch (fastest they rode all day). one last thrill on a long, fun day of riding.
the heartland spodes are going to have to come ride here someday. we had a good time.:)
the heartland spodes are going to have to come ride here someday. we had a good time.:)
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