Share the Road

Over the past weekend, I have learned quite a bit about mountain biking. Paul and I went out yesterday and bought 2 bikes. We live a few miles away from the U.S. Olympic White Water Rafting Center which has 11 miles of biking trails, so we have been wanting to get some bikes for awhile now. (Those are the trails we walked awhile back and got bugs all over us.) Well, we went to a bike shop and picked out our bikes.



We decided to go for a long bike ride today. We haven't ridden bikes in years.... So we started off by riding around the subdivision and then.. we became over eager to get to the bike trails. We decided to ride our bikes all the way there and then ride the 3 mile easy trail at the center.




After spinning around the subdivision, we headed for the main road. Once we got to the stop sign, our thighs were already sore from pedaling. But.. we continued. We biked the 5 miles to the center and then rode the 3 mile trail. Wow! Ok.. I got a guys mountain bike because the front handle bar was longer which I felt more comfortable with, but the seat with a guys bike is not as wide. Paul and I were hurting by the time we reached the center. Those seats are the absolute worst! We tried to stand as much as we could, but that's hard to do on a bike trail. I now understand why bikers wear those tight shorts with the cushions in the butt! Paul and I are going to be wearing those soon! I think I'm going to wear a pair of shorts over mine. hehe! We are also getting seat cushions!


My bike. :)


We took the easy trail. Yeah, it was easy to walk! There were ruts and rocks and turns..everywhere. Of course, we were sitting on our lovely seats pedaling along through this. Ouch! Besides the pain in the butt, I really had fun! :) It was scary at first, but I got the hang of it. I would get off and walk if it was too scary for me. There were a ton of steep hills that the pro-bikers were flying up while Paul and I got off an walked it. We will be that good one day! =D There were steep down hill turns with ruts in them... Those were scary.


We wore helmets... The sunglasses kept the bugs out of our eyes.



However, we survived the 3 mile "easy" trail at the center and got back on the main road for the 5 mile bike ride home. The ride home was incredibly easy compared to that trail! We are both exhausted and our rear ends hurt, but it was worth it! :) I doubt we will do that again for at least a week.

Paul's bike.


Also on Saturday, I went to my friend Erin from schools wedding. She had it at her Uncle's lake front home on High Rock Lake. It was gorgeous!





This picture didn't turn out so good.



This is a flower I got from a 5th grader that I'm tutoring in math. :) It made my day!



Friday was my last day as an AVID tutor with the public school system. Now, I am just searching for teaching positions while I work with another tutoring company over the summer.




Pictures of the kitty cats watching the rain..