My Favorite Bike Ride of The Year

We got back from week two of 4 weeks of travel, (3 of which are in Clear Lake, and One in Galena so it's not so bad) around 4pm today. Spent the weekend at Clear Lake, although Mom and Dad weren't there. We had a family rebellion with Stacey's family. It was pretty nice out, and I got to bring beer, so all in all, not bad. We did our best to wear out Grampa's golf cart too going back and forth from PM Park and Cuddy and Kim's house.

We got to see Anna again, which is cool. Good to see other people going through the same shit you went through, plus she's cute.




When we got back, I spent a couple hours doing yard work. Then Mara and I were outside just the two of us. She said she wanted to ride her bike. So we tooled around the driveway for a while then we went around the block. She did great. At first when she thought she was going too fast, she would bail into the grass. Funny I thought. I was trying to teach her how to use the coaster brake, but is wasn't clicking. Then finally she got it. Then it was cool to stop, so that took a while to get over. She got tired about 3/4 of the way around the block and wanted to walk. I told her I'd give her an M&M when we got back if she finished. She said "Five M&M's", sounded like a fair deal to me, so we shook on it and she was back on the bike. Not long after, we got home and she hammed it up for the camera.