Grace's Bicycling Adventure

Well - our bike ride got off to a very rocky start. It was.... interesting. The kids took off while David was getting his special bike shoes on. About 30 yards down the path (I wasn't with them) Ingrid stopped in front of Grace who swerved right off the path into the woods - and down a little hill INTO A CREEK! (she forgot about the concept of BRAKES!) I ran to help her - having NO idea what I'd find - and then had to jump in a VERY MUDDY creek to rescue her.. URG - she was fine.

Here is a picture of the mud hole. Good thing I had my TEVA's on - and NOT sneakers. I was actully sinking - had a very hard time yanking my foot out of the muck on the bottom of that cute little "creek". Guess they now understand WHY WE DON"T STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PATH!!!






We convinced her to get back on... It was TOUGH. Her shoes and socks were wet - so were her goucho pants. REAL MESS. I told her, eventually, that if she got on and rode - we'd go get her new sneakers (she needs them for school anyway - whew) on the way home. THAT did the trick. Bribes for girls - new clothes or shoes... She was a pretty good trouper -not injured except for a scrape that was't even bleeding on her shin. Whew. Here she is after our ride - at the "scene of the wreck". Her landing spot was about 2 feet below the path - lovely mud hole. (scroll down - there are more words.....) She got a lot of praise for getting back on and sticking it out. Was SLOWER than USUAL, but she got the job done!