The kids have told the story quite well about the new bikes, and the long ride, so I will try not to duplicate too much. I will however say that after riding up the hill from La Herradura to our house, I will never again complain about the Edworthy hill at home. The kids did fantastic! It was over 30 degrees Celsius and the hill was unrelenting. We did have to make an ice cream stop at Cerro Gordo half way up, and for the first time yet, we actually ran out of water...and we brought a lot! I have decided that I don't need to buy a gym membership as long as I commit to getting on my new bike regularly. We managed to find two really nice used bikes at a store in Salobrena, a town nearby. They had a third bike that fit Jaedyn, but wasn't great, and the gears didn't shift, so we decided to keep looking for the kids. After purchasing the bikes, the owner came over and gave us the third bike for free. Who can say no to that?! The next challenge was trying to fit them all in our very small rental car. With some incredible tetris skills, we managed. I did have to ride home with Brae on my lap, and Jaedyn did have to carefully avoid getting skewered by greasy sprockets, but it was a successful venture. The next day we managed to find Brae a bike, and got everyone set up with helmets, lights, locks...and all the other necessities. With about an hour of Shane and I puttering with Jaedyn's bike, we got it into ridable condition. Luckily for Jaedyn, her and I are riding the same size bike, so she can ride the nice bike for family rides, and I can ride "hers" and I can ride the nice bike when the kids are in school. Luckily for me, Shane's bike is also the same size...so we took turns riding "Jaedyn's" bike. I am sure glad we have a few more paycheques coming in before we are jobless bums with really nice toys.
Kris
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| Shane's first homemade paella after the ride was incredible! |
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| A stroll through one of the many quaint little streets in town. |
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| The view of La Herradura from half way up |
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| Water break! |
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| Another water break! |
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| Ice cream break! 3/4 of the way up...and we had to buy more water. |
Looks like you need more water to wash the dirt off Shane's face!
ReplyDeleteHaha Jaedyn's face says it all. Good job guys!
ReplyDeleteLove reading your blog. Thanks for keeping us up to date with your adventures.
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