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We've been watching the Tour de France almost every night and cheering for the Garmin Chipotle team, so I guess it shouldn't surprise me that the kids have grown fascinated by the jerseys. Ora 5 pulled out his yellow shirt and declared it his yellow jersey. Apsen watches the race looking for the polka-dot jersey (best climber) which is her favorite.
The thermometer read 101 degrees when we left tonight for our ride. We had waited until the evening hoping it would cool down, but it didn't, so we went. Despite the heat, we did 7.4 miles.
Today was our first milestone ride: 10 miles. Some friends watched the kids while we drove to Longview Lake and biked around it. It was also our first ride on-road. We road the 10 miles in an hour and saw lots of other bikers.I began to wonder if they knew something that I did not because they rode around the lake clockwise while we rode counter-clockwise. Later I realized that by riding their direction, they are actually riding a shorter path; like being on the inside ring of a track instead of the outside.
Enid found a bike on Craigslist! The owner was a KC cop who is occasionally on the bike patrol. He had a shirt on that said "God made cops so fire fighters would have heroes." I thought that was funny.When Enid knocked on his apartment door, he answered and brought the bike out for her to try. When he opened the door, Enid could see his gun and holster hanging from the dining room chair. I wondered if that's where he normally hung his gun or if that was a way of telling strange people who contact ...
Fishing at Deanna Rose
We went out to Deanna Rose today and both Ora 5 and Aspen caught some fish. This is Aspen's first fish:Ewan lounged around with Uncle Orion.
We went shopping for a bike for Enid and ended up with a bike for Ora 5:We had noticed that Ora would spin out his single-speed bike, so we felt that he could go farther on our rides if he had a bike with gears, so now he has it. He's very proud. Aspen is asking for a new bike now.
