We rode the "Route of the Hiawatha" with Papa and Brady on August 4th. It is a beautiful trail, very easy for novice riders to handle. The girls loved being in their trailer and going through the many tunnels that are on the trail.
The longest tunnel is just over a mile and a half. It gets pretty cold and dark in there. It felt good to emerge and see sunshine again.
There are so many cool historical signs to stop and read. Unfortunately, we were confused about the time and thought we needed to hurry to the bottom so we'd have time to eat lunch and turn around for the ride back up. Once we stopped for lunch we realized we had plenty of riding time left in the day. So we relaxed and enjoyed feeding the chipmunks.
Mommy and the girls were tired after lunch. There was no way we'd succeed at a 15 mile uphill ride. So we hopped on the "shuttle", really a big school bus with some seats taken out to store the bikes. Lily and Annie wanted to sing "The Wheels on the Bus" for the whole 9 mile drive. Thankfully all the other riders thought it was adorable.
The guys all braved the ride back up. Papa's derailer broke off so they had to stop for about 45 minutes to make repairs. They were able to get it working again but Papa still needs to do more work on his bike.
The shuttle dropped Mommy and the girls off 2 miles shy of the end. We enjoyed a short ride and lots of play time at a beautiful stream and waterfall.
And we were waiting for Daddy, Papa, and Uncle Brady when they finished. It was a beautiful day. We will do this ride again someday. Thanks for coming with us Papa and Brady!
1 comment:
I think my parents did that trail a couple years ago, they loved it, glad you enjoyed it too! Looks fun!
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