Yesterday we took the Grand-kids to the near-by town of El Dorado to ride a path there which runs from the city out to the lake. Once at the lake the boys and I raced up the dike/dam. Ethan won and is the only one of us to make it to the top continuously running. Once at the top, against Nova’s better judgement I let the kids go down to the lakes edge. Ally slipped and a leg went in to the freezing water. We replaced her wet sock with a Chex Mix bag so her foot wouldn’t be wet. On the ride back another poor judgement call I made was to take a single track trail which appeared to be dry but the further we got the wetter it was. Wheels, fenders and brakes clogged with mud to the point the bikes wouldn’t even roll. We spent a good bit of time scraping and poking the mud off our bikes with sticks to get them rolling again. Once back in town we stopped for lunch. The kids seemed to have a good time and enjoy the ride.
Video…
