Friday morning Dave got up and left at regular time in order to be in Ogden by 8 a.m. All of the motor students plus the instructors went for a bike ride up Ogden canyon and enjoyed lunch at a restaurant in celebration of them reaching the end of training.
Dave can give you many stories of his two weeks of training. It turned out to be one of the hardest trainings he's ever done. I think it would be safe to say that the first week the bike was on it's side more than it was standing. Dave would come home with sore muscles, blood blisters, bruises, and one day he even came home drenched. That was the day we had a down pour of rain the entire day but training still went on. I think it took three days for his boots to dry out!
Here's a picture of Dave on the morning of graduation....
After running errands in the morning to prepare for our weekend camping adventure, I checked Hannah out of school early, picked the other two up from Traci's, met Grandma Peterson in Mendon and we all headed off to support Dave. We splurged and had lunch at Maddox. The girls were in awe of eating at the drive-in where they bring the food to your care and hook the tray on your window. This was one of the coolest thing we've ever done according to them.
We made it to graduation a bit before everyone arrived back from their ride. Ashley had the camera while were were waiting. Here's a bit of her view..........
For graduation, each of the instructors gave a few words of advice and then we watched a 12 minute video of the two weeks of training. It was fun to see that they did train in 8+" of standing water and a few fell off and had to get back up and get back on. After the video they presented the graduates.
After all was said and done, we walked downstairs to take some pictures of the graduates with their motorcycles. I forgot to mention that when we left Cache Valley it was sunny and warm. We were dressed appropriately. We reached the summit of the canyon and it started to cloud up and sprinkle. In Ogden, it was a down pour of rain. This is why the picture of Dave at the beginning on his bike is in a garage. It rained the entire time in Ogden but once we hit the canyon summit on the way home, out came the sun!
I don't care who you are a picture or the sight of motorcycles lined up is impressive. The Sheriff motorcycle is Dave's.
Now comes the time when school will be dismissed and Dave will go out of the roads of Cache Valley as a Motor Cop. I have to say.....he looks mighty sharp in his attire.
Congratulations Dave! We are proud of you for your accomplishment!
1 comment:
Nice job, Dave!
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