thanks for making these videos and sharing your adventures w/your son. well done and greatly appreciated!

Going this weekend! First time, cant wait!! Btw, love the videos!!!

You should cherish these interactions with your son. He will be all grown up before you know it.

Great riding guys, looks like a lot of fun.

Thanks so much for these videos. Im trying to learn AOAA better so my kids can have an enjoyable ride. I’m getting back into riding after a 20 year layoff - picked up a YZ250FX in September. I bought my son a KLX140L and my daughter a TRX250x last Christmas and they mostly ride on our 4 acre property in Maryland - just a short little loop I made in our woods. In early October we rode AOAA for the first time - hopefully after that day its not the last. We definitely went on some trails we had no business riding on the East side and then got lost on the West side. My daughter did great on the rocks but after nearly 5 hours she had enough. The day we rode it had rained the prior 3-4 days so things were very wet and slick. My son kills me on the KLX. That bike handled everything my 250FX did - plus more. It has plenty of torque and since he can paddle his feet on the ground, he can do terrain I won’t on my bike. The 250FX is pretty tall - on dirt its fine but on uneven rocky terrain not being able to touch is a bit intimidating. Thanks again for these videos. Im trying to mark a map up so we can return. Good to know there are some good beginner trails for the kids.

@zachandcarteradventures4852

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you like the videos! We just made and posted a video for beginners. It's based on my youngest son's first trip to AOAA. In that video, we marked a map with areas to ride and areas to avoid. It might be helpful. Here's a link: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qa2ZuM-ak67fldI.html Sorry to hear you got lost on the West side. It's easy to do. Steve gave us great advice in this video. He told us to stay between the two mountains, then, ride East to get back to the parking lot! We've followed this rule a number of times!

@zachandcarteradventures4852

5 жыл бұрын

BTW, AOAA suggests an app for your phone called Mapzika. You can download AOAA maps for both the Eastern and Western Reserve. The app does a lot of great things, but, most importantly, it shows you where you are on the map, so you can stay out of trouble!

Me and my dad love the vids

@zachandcarteradventures4852

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you like the videos!

Too cool father and son

thinking of taking my kids here, which section is the smoothest and most flowy. still beginners

@zachandcarteradventures4852

5 жыл бұрын

That's a great question! We definitely know where you do NOT want to ride with a young rider! On Zach's first day on the 150R, first 15 minutes, we ended up on a rock pile of a trail which nearly ruined his excitement about the new bike. Zach and Carter suggested watching the video of Carter's first trip to AOAA. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qoGWucaFoN3WZKw.html But, unfortunately, in that video, we didn't really show where we were riding on a map. We'll throw together a video with our recommendations and splice in some map pictures so you'll know exactly where to ride!

@zachandcarteradventures4852

5 жыл бұрын

Here's a better reply than my first reply! We re-edited an older video of my youngest son's first trip to AOAA. He was in the beginner category at this time and it was important to us that he had a fun day, without any nightmare-ish trails. This video version includes trail maps that pop up and show you important intersections, as well as our opinions on where to not ride. I hope this is helpful and makes your trip a fun one! Here's a link: studio.kzread.infowyeVmacKyeo/edit

@thefalkor7731

5 жыл бұрын

@@zachandcarteradventures4852 Thanks so much!

How do you get to this section?

@zachandcarteradventures4852

5 жыл бұрын

Which section are you interested in? Please reply with the minutes/seconds into the video that you'd like directions to. I'll reply with directions. Thanks

@ethancolbert6090

3 жыл бұрын

@@zachandcarteradventures4852 8:46

@zachandcarteradventures4852

3 жыл бұрын

@@ethancolbert6090 That place is a lot of fun! We call it the Playground. It's an old pit but the ground is hard like a skate park. The trick is to ride as far West as possible, then, look for a big pond. If you find the pond, then, you find the Playground. This video has a map to find the Playground at 31:08. It also follows our ride along the Southern trail section that's currently open and will take you to the Playground. Here's a link to the video kzread.info/dash/bejne/foSlxNuOdbOcgco.html