Bike Ride
We got Julia her bike Fridee night at Walmart and today we took our first LONG bike ride as a family. We had been reading about good, flat dirt hike and bike trails in the area, so we decided to try one out today. We went to the park right under the Point of Rocks Bridge ( the bridge where Route 15 crosses over the Potmac on the way home ). The trail there is perfect. Right along the river, nice and flat, and mostly in the shade. We stopped and got subs on the way to have a picnic lunch. We rode 3 miles down the trail, and after seeing no picnic areas except at the begining, turned around and headed back. When we got back to the one picnic area, someone was there so we just headed back to the truck and ate our lunch there. I was proud of Julia. There where lots of mud puddles on the trail from recent rains. She wiped out in one and ate a little bit of mud, but she kept on going and was flying thru them like a champ at the end. We probably went a little bit too far for her first time, considering that in total we rode six miles today. She was really ready to be done by the end, as was Logan. They were both hungry. Logan did great riding in the seat ( thanks mike ) on my bike. We will probably ride that trail more often, but the only bad thing is that it is a little ways from our house. This is sad, but the highlight of our Satruday night was going to the opening of the new Super Target in Leesburg. It was pretty nice. A huge target with a grocery store on one side of it.
