17.5 Miles

The girls and I rode to the city and back this weekend.

Though Lauren is in the back in this picture, she spent most of the ride out front. I attribute it to the fact that she’s riding 24″ rims vs Abigail’s 20″. Abigail had it in 7th gear, but Lauren’s bigger wheels kept rolling away.

That’s ok. Craig’s List will fix that pretty easily – wink, wink.

We came back along the river on the Cambridge side. That was pretty nice. The road between the river/trail and the MIT campus is shut down on Sundays, so the kids could essentially ride wherever they wanted.

The only problem we had was the weather. A storm (with lightening) rolled through as we were trying to get to lunch. We made it and only got a little wet, but decided to take precautions in case the rain continued.

When I first suggested that we stop and get trash bags to wear, they weren’t convinced. After doing so and riding a bit through the cold rain, they were hooked. Of course almost as soon as we had them on and rode a block or two, the rain quit and the sun came out. Oh well. At least they learned the versatility of a trash bag.

Stay tuned this weekend for Abigail’s new bike debut. We already have it. It’s very similar to Lauren’s, but needs a little TLC. She’ll be ripping in no time.

– b