Well, school’s kinda made it hard for me to blog as much as I feel I should. For one thing, I don’t feel like I’m doing that much stuff that’s worth writing about, and for another thing, I really don’t have much extra time. Don’t get me wrong, school’s been good, and I’m enjoying my classes. Sometimes I just have to try not to slip into martyr mode – that usually just happens when I’m especially stressed, though.
So, I wanted to do some catching up. Not much to show you all, but I thought I’d get it done anyway.
Last Tuesday I went on a 26 mile bike ride with my homeschool assistance program. It was a great ride. Clear but cold. So I layered up and off we went. We took the Cedar Valley Nature Trail. We went 7 miles and then stopped at our halfway point. We went the rest of the 13 miles and all stopped for a picnic lunch. A couple teachers ’sagged’ (I don’t know how to spell this word, I’ve only ever heard it spoken, never seen it written out) and brought our packed lunches and stuff in the car. We biked back from the lunch point to the halfway point and from there to the start point again. That made a total of 26 miles. It was a great ride. Even going totally against the wind for the first 13 miles was exhilarating. I kept wondering what it would have felt like on one of these bikes that I’m looking into buying. If any of you want to check them out, look here for a Trek bike, and here for a Specialized bike. I stopped twice to take some pictures of the trail. Let me tell you that these look nothing like what the trail was like that day. Imagine the pictures 3 times brighter and the colors 10 times more vibrant. Of course, the biting air and the breeze generated by your own speed (the ride back was mostly with wind, but my speed made it’s own wind) boosted the wow factor. Enjoy this little glimpse into a couple hours of awesomeness.
