Saturday, August 29, 2009

Ridin'

This is what the back of my car looked like this morning as we headed out with lots of water, goldfish crackers and spandex. As many of you know, James is a huge mountain biker. He goes every chance he gets. I have a road bike and am always happy to go for a spin in our neighborhood, but have never gotten off the concrete.
James and his buddy found a trail last weekend that really disappointed them because it was so easy and since it was sooo easy, James thought I could handle it. I actually thought it sounded like fun and agreed to join him this morning.

Here is James in the little stunt area. I wasn't good with the timing and this was the best one I got.
And here I am doing a "stunt"! I actually screamed. Silly I know, but I was still a bit uneasy being off the solid concrete.

This picture was taken a while later. I got more comfortable and actually loved all of the big dips. I kept saying, "how is this an easy trail?" Now that I've seen easy, I don't think I actually want to know what kind of crazy things James does on the hard trails.
Here is James doing a jump.
And here is a video of it (jump turn your head sideways).

The whole trail was shady and it was wonderful to spend so much time in the woods. I saw an armadillo and a few lizards and a lot of bugs. We rode 7 miles, which I'm quite proud of (I know that won't impress you, Tyler). I can't wait to go again!

1 comments:

Tyler said...

Impressive indeed, I just like seeing people out on trails. Hope you find some joy in it and can appease Jame with a few trips out now and then.