WOOOHOOOO RM!! I Knew you could do it! and each time you ride it will just get better and better! As for the cattle guard?? just pick a straight line and ride it. We've got them all over the back roads here in NM. I was "terrified" the first time I came to one!!! I was riding with my ex-racer buddy and bless his heart he planted himself in front of me and told me to just follow his line! after about the 4th cattle guard I was able to ride it all by myself. I Still don't like them, but at least I can ride them!

(stay off them if it's the least bit wet tho, they get slicker than - well You know - when they're wet)