Peanuts first long ride

Our 6 year old has been riding almost since we got the bike. He started out just around the block, then he moved to short rides to the store or whatever. Today he was going on his first long ride.



We made plans with Ben, gassed up and off we went. We were meeting at the HD dealer in Orange Park which involved some highway and interstate travel. He normally does a good job of holding on and balancing but today he did neither. I had to keep pushing his hands into me and putting my arm around him to keep him straight in the seat.When we stopped he told me the wind was blowing him to hard to hold on right. We decided to meet up with Ben and call mom to come get him




We met Ben at Adamecs and called C to come get him.While we waited for her we looked at bikes, clothes, parts etc. He asked a lot of questions and really learned a lot about motorcycles and HD history. THEN HE MET A GIRL.

The sales clerk in the clothing dept. talked to him and told him he looked really sharp in his jacket. He snatched it open and showed her that he had a Harley shirt too. They chatted about bikes and football and exchanged names. Finally I told him if he was going to flirt all day I was going to walk around and look at stuff. Since he isn't old enough to know that girls are better than friends he decided to tag along with us. One of the bike salesmen came and asked him if he was out riding with dad and he said yep I'm biker trash. We all got a good laugh and everyone knew that one day he would be standing in a place just like that with his own kid looking at shiny Harleys dreaming of things to come.




C got stuck in some traffic but finally made it over to us. They headed for home and Ben and I headed for Whiteys fish camp. This is a cool little place right on the St. Johns river. They are stops on many poker runs and sponsor some from time to time. The view of the river is great here and the water is as calm as anywhere i have seen on a river of this size. They have an area reserved for bike parking and the path leading from the bike parking area to the building is home to the fallen riders memorial. Thankfully there are not to many names carved into stones here but its kind of nice to see someone cares enough to mark the names forever



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Total miles with peanut in tow 25
Total trip milage 58