Ok, I met several of you but didn't put your names in my PDA so they're lost...
I want to ESPECIALLY thank Kinkade (sp?) and his buddy Tyler.
WARNING! Serious parental gloat ahead!
I mentioned that we were new to RC at the booth when paying my $3 for Lucas to ride and the lady helping us asked if Lucas would like some buddies to show him the ropes. She stepped out and saw Kinkade and he more the gladly accepted (if he or his parents read this, WOW, what a kid to be proud of! Thank you!). He showed Lucas how to jump in on the 2nd to last straight so they did that several times. Then Lucas thought he was tough enough to take on the gate... of course dad says no but the kids head to the top of the ramp. Ramp starter guy (sorry, the names thing
) says "just start from here" and has the 3 of them drop in right after a group left the gate... Lucas totally went for it!
Next time Lucas got behind the gate (again, thanks to more people who have names but those I forgot) and more people helped Lucas behind the gate while I ran around with the 18 month-old on my back. He was supposed to wait for the group to leave the gate but tried hard to leave WITH them. Lucas did the gate a few more times and was loving life!
My wife got there after work and took the the baby so I got my matching teal ProTec and '88 Haro Sport and jumped on the track with Lucas after Kincade had to bail. We did this a few times and Lucas decided he needed to show me what the gates were all about. We pretty much did this until the place shut down! What a blast! But I sure learned how badly out of shape I am and what fun this is going to be!
Lucas was going crazy on his little bike (#4 cuz he's 4 years-old, he INSTRUCTED me that was the number he wanted). I think he only went down 3 times but did have a few other close calls.
You all are great! Thank you!
What a blast!
the bad part... I didn't even get out the camera!
