CCC Color Tour 2008
Cooler temps and a different Zimmer this year. Last year, we, along with Uncle Brad, sweated through 80 degree temps at this ride. This year, temps stayed at or below 50 degrees and Uncle Curt was as happy for our camper's furnace as we were.
G enjoyed the onsite kids loop, over and over again with his Dad and Uncle. I lost count of how many times his Dad took him out. And when I joined them for one time through the loop, G graciously waited for me--as I was much slower--and encouraged me to keep going. What a switch over last year. He is so much more advanced this year and hearing Uncle Curt recount his observations of G on the trail both confirmed and entertained (in one of those you-had-to-be-there moments).
G also enjoyed participating in the Kids Skills Challenge this year. This involved riding his dirt bike underneath a limbo bar, over logs and through traffic cones.
He happily placed fifth, collected some cool stickers for it and then filed the experience under the "done that" category. I think he was compelled in part to participate because all the kids were doing it and in part because it was another challenge, something he'd not yet done. And finishing it seemed more important than winning it. It's an attitude that will serve him well if he holds onto it. Have I mentioned what a wonderful teacher he has in his Dad?
And didn't Todd capture his 'game' face perfectly?
G enjoyed the onsite kids loop, over and over again with his Dad and Uncle. I lost count of how many times his Dad took him out. And when I joined them for one time through the loop, G graciously waited for me--as I was much slower--and encouraged me to keep going. What a switch over last year. He is so much more advanced this year and hearing Uncle Curt recount his observations of G on the trail both confirmed and entertained (in one of those you-had-to-be-there moments).
G also enjoyed participating in the Kids Skills Challenge this year. This involved riding his dirt bike underneath a limbo bar, over logs and through traffic cones.
He happily placed fifth, collected some cool stickers for it and then filed the experience under the "done that" category. I think he was compelled in part to participate because all the kids were doing it and in part because it was another challenge, something he'd not yet done. And finishing it seemed more important than winning it. It's an attitude that will serve him well if he holds onto it. Have I mentioned what a wonderful teacher he has in his Dad?
And didn't Todd capture his 'game' face perfectly?
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