Driving lesson

I took James out driving to teach him how to drive a manual transmition. It was an experience, though I must say, he was easier on my back, neck and transmition than any of the other boys who I've taught to drive stick. We went to an abandoned mall parking lot and I let him drive around for a while, getting that whole 1st gear/clutch/gas thing down. We got as far as 3rd gear there and did a bit of reverse. Then, I took him out to a country road and had him practice up to 5th gear. We stopped a bit after dark and headed home. There's still some practice needed, but on the whole, he's doing pretty well.