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[QUOTE="CaptainObvious, post: 597927, member: 17060"] The following sentence sums up the day: “Mr. C, I love Paragon”. Spoken by a 14 year-old girl on the way home while the other young riders were sleeping. Our day started at 7am. We were loading our bikes (8 in our group) in pouring rain. The kids could care less about the rain. In fact, they were all soaked by the time we left my house at 8am. The rain continued, until we got within 5 miles of Paragon. Turns out, the conditions were perfect (except for the 1 inch layer of slime in the parking lot). As Dan said, we started our ride at 10:30. Dan took the group through some very easy trails to the mud hole area. Everyone had a great time with the small hill climbs and the mud. My son, Connor (8 year-old on an XR70), was not having a good time at all. Connor is a very good rider, but has never ridden anywhere but our home track. After hearing about Paragon for the past year and a half he had developed “rockphobia”. The bunny loop had some rocks that were kicking his tires here and there and he thought it was just going to get worse. By the time we got to the mud hole he had mentally shut down. Everyone tried to get him riding but he just wanted to go home. So I did what any good father should do, I let him watch everyone else (including myself) have a great time while he sat and sulked. I checked on him every ten minutes or so. After about an hour I convinced him to fire-up the XR and follow me around. We ran into Flying Scot and his family. Flyin’ did a real good job making Connor feel OK about being a little scared and introduced him to his kids. Next thing I know Connor is out riding with the other kids. Back to the gang of 20. The group seemed to migrate to a sandy area where there were two burned-out cars (how do they get there?). Within view from the derelict cars were a really cool 180-degree berm that exited to a nice little jump and a nice hill turn. The group tore-up this area for about 45 minutes and headed back to the parking lot for lunch. After lunch the group broke into two groups. Some of the smaller kids went back to the area of our morning ride. This group consisted of Rich, gxdragon, Flying Scot and about 6 kids and gxdragon’s wife (new rider on a KLX 110). The remaining 12 of us went for some trail riding. I didn’t get everyone’s name but the group included Scooter, Saboo (and his friends on an CR250, WR450 – jeff?, XR250 and a kid on a XR80), myself and 3 of the other riders who came with me (Dwayne KDX220, Adam – 11 year old on a TTR125, and Stacy – 14 year old on a TTR125). I’m missing 2 riders, one on a WR and the other on a KX. Some one please fill-in the blanks. It was great watching the kids discover how to ride on the trails. They flew up Valley Road and were ready for what ever terrain we showed them. Dan did a real good job of checking with the adults that were responsible (??) for the kids. Dan introduced the kids to single track, hill climbs, shale roads, and more. By the time we got to turtle hill the kids were riding with confidence. It was a great sight. After conquering turtle hill, most of the 20 riders regrouped at 3:30 in the Jeep staging area. We went back to the mud hole for a “short ride”. The short ride turned into a 2-hour ride in the mud hole, mostly around the new tabletop. Once again we watched as the kids riding ability improved right before our eyes. The little guys had some trouble with the soft sand. It seemed as though all of the kids on the smaller bike were being pick-up off the ground and restarted every 2 minutes! They couldn’t care less and at the end of the day they were actually bragging about who fell the most. One of the kids on an XR80 (Brian) was boasting about his 14 falls. All of the kids were hitting the tabletop in a non-stop circuit. Even the two smallest riders, Zach (8 years old) on a TTR90 and my son Conner, were rolling off the 12 foot high jump. In fact, by the end of the day Connor was having a great time. Some of the adults (myself included) didn’t let the kids have all of the fun and took turns on the jump. I must have jumped that thing 20 times on my KDX and another four on Rich’s YZ250. In case you didn’t know, YZ’s jump a LOT better than a KDX! I’ve mentioned this in past post-ride reports, and I’ll mention it again. Dan (aka Scooter) is a great guide at Paragon. It seems as though every great ride I have had at Paragon has also included Dan. Thank you so much for taking your time and teaching our kids the joy of off-road riding. Having you as the guide gave the kids an exceptional introduction to trail riding and group riding. They will NEVER forget this experience and the adults in the group will never be able to thank you enough. You are one of motorcycling’s great ambassadors. I look forward to future DRN rides because the DRN’ers are really a great group of people who are just crazy about off-road riding. I’ll be at the June MX ride and I’m sure we’ll have more than a few more Paragon rides this year. In the end I can sum-up the day by quoting a 14 year-old girl: “I love Paragon”. [/QUOTE]
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