Went To El Mirage Ohv Park

grampadirt · March 31, 2009

Grammy and I took our granddaughters to El Mirage OHV pk. last sat. The girls have been wanting to ride and our little one,Emily,wanted me to teach her how to ride a dirtbike.She's been riding the little quad for a couple of years now so she's no stranger to mechanized wheels.Sat. we arrived at 5:30pm so the girls got to ride for about an hour.Emmie just rode the quad the first day to remember how things operate.

Sunday morning the two older girls took off so that gave me a chance to work with Emmie.After a few minutes of coaching she tried to kickstart the XR50 I borrowed from a friend but fell over on the left with her pinned under the bike(not running at this point),no prob,she just pulled her leg out and stood it up.I started it for her and let her sit on it to think a little.After it warmed up a little I kicked it gear and away she went.Man was I happy,I had a big ole grin....then the wind came up and we had to pack up and leave.Emmie got maybe 15 minutes of riding.She's already wanting to do it again..

pics and a little video:

and Emmie,8 yrs. old and about 70lbs.

Emmie's First Ride

edit:I realize this isn't much but we weren't there very long,damn sandstorm

GARB55 · March 31, 2009

I can only image the Grin on your face as your granddaughter rode off on two wheels for the first time! Nice photo's. Thx for sharing.

faisal · March 31, 2009

edit:I realize this isn't much but we weren't there very long,damn sandstorm

DONT CURSE MY BROTHER

thats not a sand storm....for the last week it was very sandy arround here

at keast you guys get out and had some fun...Emmie looked funny with the big helmet and the little bike

pennzoil29 · March 31, 2009

There is nothing on earth as special as the grandkid's.

J-man67 · April 2, 2009

Thats awesome man! I would be grinning too. I can't wait until my little guy is big enough to ride. I already have my eye on his 1st quad and bike!

DofD · April 2, 2009

Great pictures and video there Gary!

I can only image the great big grin on Emily's face as she got ride the bike for the first time. Congrats to her! These will be great memories she'll carry with her for life.