Bike Man races off-road endurance mountain bike races. His races take us ALL OVER. He participates in the 6 hour races, which leaves the kids, the puppy, and I to our own devices. We tend to hang out at the trails or venture out into the neighboring communities. And sometimes I get a little inspired by the scenery (and overcome with boredom) and go a wee bit camera happy (go figure!)... here are my latest photo shoot results!
Mocha - so darn cute!
Brainiac and Mocha
Chick Magnet and Mocha chilling in the grass
Mellow Boy chilling under our sun shade
Mocha panting - awe... so cute!
The next day we went as a family to a bike trail that was built along an old railroad track. We were exceptionally excited to take the kids there. Being an old railway, there were 3 old tunnels. We chose a route that would take us through the longest one... nearly one mile long. Our boys are huge train fans. They own pretty much every Brio and Thomas piece of train and track, and they have the most monstrously large train table (thanks, Grandpa!!!). So we thought (in error, of course) that seeing a REAL tunnel and going into it would ROCK! Well, WRONG!!! The boys FREAKED OUT BIGTIME! We didn't even get a half a block into it and they cried and screamed to get out. The echo of their dismay was seriously painful to my ears (and head). I couldn't get them out fast enough! Bike Man and Brainiac did venture the whole way through and back. They loved it. Oh well! Live and learn!
Chick Magnet outside the tunnel - happy to be out of there!
Moments before the chaos and freaking out began
Brainiac and Chick Magnet on the trail
Mellow Boy and Mocha hanging out in the Burley
Chick Magnet playing in the sun rays (I LOVE THIS PHOTO! Kind of like God shining down on him...)
Bike Man's aerial view of his bike on the trail - a really cool shot, thanks to the shadow in the sunspot!
The tunnel entrance and Bike Man's pride & joy - his new 29-er (fancy, schmancy bike)
We went to Perkins for dinner. It was HOT outside, and we didn't want Mocha to suffer in the car. So we snuck him in via his "doggy purse!" He-he! No one was the wiser!
During the week, I took the kids to a farm to pick strawberries and sugar snap peas with a friend of mine. Yum! Yum! They loved it! And, boy, doesn't it ALWAYS taste better straight from the field!!! We ate nearly as much as we picked! (Oops!!!)
Chick Magnet sitting amidst the strawberries, taking his role as a picker very seriously. 
Mellow Boy shows off a perfect strawberry that moments later he declared was very yummy!
2 comments:
There are a lot of really great pictures there!
Where are those bike trails with the tunnels? They look really cool!
Thanks, Supermom!!! The tunnel is called the Elroy Sparta Trail. We did tunnel #3. You can find out info online. It is a great place to bike! Interesting and leisurely...
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