and other irrelevant chit-chat 
My buddy Jason (a new trials rider) came by with his Montesa and spent most of the time working on getting the timing sorted out for log crossings. He made a lot of progress, and nailed it on a couple of attempts which is good for the confidence.
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We went across the road to the neighbor's woods and I gave the big log over there that beat me a few months ago another shot. I flubbed it the first time, made it work the second and got it pretty close to right on the third try. So I had Jason record my next attempt and I got it all wrong. I completely missed the log with my front wheel, giving me no suspension compression/rebound and no rear lift. It was ugly, but I eventually made it over. That's one thing that I've gotten better at with trials - not dabbing right away. I've found that if I can stay calm and ride it out, I get away with some pretty big mistakes sometimes.
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The highlight of the day was my 10 year old daughter (turned 10 this week) learning how to use a clutch. I don't have anything small enough for her with a clutch (at least not currently running), but I did have my brother's TY350 in the garage. She couldn't quite touch to hold the bike up, so I rode on the back and held on to the bars down by the crossbar. The TY has a lot of flywheel, so it's *really* easy to use the clutch, but I thought it was a good first attempt. I think she'll be fine on a "regular" bike now that she gets how it works.
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All in all, we rode for about 2.5 - 3 hours. I spent about an hour with the weed eater before we rode clearing out the play area. Been busy lately and there's been a lot of rain... the stuff was knee high in some places.
Not a bad way to spend Father's day at all.
Happy Father's Day to all you dads!
