I got a new bike and wanted to hit up CTOR. Well not really, my boy was just nagging me to ride some dirt he could do! Stripped down the 500 to his skinny self and we went to CTOR yesterday, felt like a different animal. We were going to go to Spoaks or Murphy’s as it is closer, but with the 5” of rain last week they shut the trails down. So we went to CTOR, beautiful day!
His first time really riding the KLX140L in a tougher environment. We did Trail 4, I like that one, nice and long, like 9 miles of single track. He is doing pretty good, few layovers on some down hills and one of those root spots, but I’ve seen grown men struggle here and there out there, happy with his progress for a 12yo.
We went back to the truck and he rode the track a bit while Dad had a couple cervezas. Then back out for Trail 2. I figured Trail 3 was going to be pretty muddy, we skipped it. I made him lead some, so I could snag some pics and make him learn to read the trail.
We were ready to go, but I was dreading 35 and Austin traffic, I think there was a game or something, on the way up it was awful. And I’m too cheap to take the toll with a trailer. So I decided to meander the hill country to get home back in the San Marcos area. We made our way over to Burnet and started to keep an eye out for an outside venue for some grub. Nothing grabbed me, so we rolled into Johnson City and ate at Pecan Brewery, sat outside listening to a live band and drinking the brewery’s Octoberfest beer. Good day!!!
We cleaned up our bikes today, did our maintenance and put them back in the stable for next time. Along with listing his CRF125 for sale, he’s a Kawi rider now!
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