Hello Spring! A week of sun and temperatures in the upper 50s! Time to break out the tank tops and shorts...
I started out last Monday with lots of motivation and a 6:30 am start to ride my bike to work. 10 miles later, I was a little less motivated and a whole lot of wet. Semi trucks with out mud flaps are the worst and I was really missing my new water proof shoe covers that were sitting at home. But, on the up side, the ride home was amazing! 68 degrees and a beautiful 30 mile ride home through the farm land and along the lake. It was so warm, that I even road home without leg warmers and it was a new experience to feel the wind in my hair... my leg hair that is. Now I understand why men cyclists shave their legs. Sometimes it is fun to skip the shaving when on a long trip, but I don't think that will be part of this summers trip.
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| It's 4H season, time to take your Alpacas for a walk down the road. |
It was so nice, I went of a few more rides during the week. I am slowly collecting all the needed gear and really dialing in my bike. I think one of the reasons I was so motivated Monday morning, is Sunday, my dad and I spent the whole afternoon working on my Giant. We dialed in the shifting and added my aerobars and wider handlebars to accommodate my football player wide shoulders.
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| World's Best Bike Mechanic and Dad. |
As it happened, Saturday was gorgeous and also my 25th Birthday. To celebrate, Deb, Eliza and I rode our bikes 40 miles and Deb showed us some amazing new places! I also now have a noticeable bike short tan line. No reason to fight it, cause it is going to be extreme by August 2.
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| This road is closed to cars! How awesome is that! |
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| Eliza, Deb and I all smiles in the sun. |
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| Riding on the Lummi Dike. This was a smooth section of the road. Prior to this was jaw jarring pot holes. Now I know my road bike can survive some serious terrain. |
And to finish off the day, we had some fun bowling...
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| An outfit perfect for her personality. |
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| Chase in his Grandma's disco suit and Kellan loving some suspenders. |
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| Kellan's rock star bowling technique. |
Bike and Build update to follow, but just wanted to share some spring shenanigans.
