Racing Daddy...

We love going to local parks to ride our bikes...we get to explore new areas...

Little Man challenged Steve to a race around this loop. Of course Little Man won! LOL.

Yeah I know....flip flops are not bike wear, but hey, we've got the most important part covered, that silly noggin of his!

Bike riding at LSU...

Amazingly both kids got up and got straight to work on their school stuff. We were completely done by noon...that is an accomplishment! They wanted to go bike riding and so they knew they'd better get done. With Steve off every Monday, we try to do something together and while he loves to go bowl...the rest of us like other stuff besides just that!

We took our bikes down to LSU. We were going to do a little letterboxing while we were there, but the rain clouds rolled in a little too quickly so we had to pass on that. I think that we biked 5 miles though! I'll have to go back and drive it to see. The kids were awesome and only fussed once. I thought for sure they would really complain. It wasn't too hot out though, especially with the wind coming off the lake. The campus has a lot of huge, old live oak trees which made for shady lanes, so we weren't in the sun too much. We brought bread to feed the ducks and I wished I'd have taken a few pics of them...they had some wonderfully colored ones. We're going to look them up tomorrow.

Steve was a nervous wreck though being so close to the road at times...most people stay to the inside of the lane when people come by, but one car with two girls riding in it came around a corner half in the bike lane! I yelled at them and they had the nerve to yell back like I was in the wrong...dummies! There are bike lanes and sidewalks just about all over campus which is really nice.

We headed to the 'Dairy Store' on campus...they make really yummy ice cream there from the dairy cows that the ag studies farm has. That was the highlight of the ride! Then we had to hurry back. The storm was rolling in quite quickly. We felt sprinkles as we biked quickly back, got the bikes loaded into the back of the truck and the rain literally started coming down once we got in! Soccer practice was of course cancelled once we got near home and saw the lightening...that's okay because we were all needing a little rest anyways.

Good Grief! Remind me next time to get my butt off the seat before Steve snaps a pic of me on it! LOL...nothing like having your saddle bags and bum cheeks rolling off the sides of the seat! LOL! But I do love my little Schwinn although today the right gear changer got stuck...I have to run it to the bike shop and have them look at it.