Our friends Mark and Robin decided to go on a bike ride today and invited us. We packed the whole family and all 5 bikes into the Sequoia. One of the two rear seats had to be removed, but we managed to cram everything in. We went to a park just off of 380. Actually close to the animal wildlife park we visited yesterday.
We didn't realize it but the bike route was a gravel dirt road. No problem. Madison took off with her friend Madelyn. Madison doesn't use training wheels at all anymore. Collin had his on for part of the ride.
The weather was great, the path was shaded, and we were doing great until Collin started to get tired. Then his pedal kept coming unscrewed. I finally had to return to the car for some tools. When I caught back up with everyone we took Collin's training wheels off. That made his ride a little easier, and gave him a spurt of energy that didn't last very long. Soon we decided that Collin and I (and Caden, in a seat on the back of my bike) would turn around and head slowly back.
Collin and I walked for a while. Then put his training wheels back on, and rode slowly back. I pushed him with one hand while we rode along for a while and that seemed to help him get some energy back into his legs.
I was very proud of Madison. She rode the whole time and didn't seem too tired. Sometimes she doesn't have as much energy as Collin, but she outrode him today.
After the ride we headed to a local mexican food restaurant with Mark and family. It was the perfect night - we had the patio to ourselves and the temperature was just right. There is a playground across a little bridge that the kids played at (except Caden).
Everyone should sleep good tonight.
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Hey, sounds like a very fun day on the bikes. Caden had the best seat of all on that trip.
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