Satchel has done a couple of bike rides for the first time in a bike trailer. The first ride we did was Bike the Boulevards tour with Nanette and Jessi from Wicker Park Grace. It was hot and Satchel didn't like her helmet and was pretty unhappy for much of the ride.
Here we are looking all fresh before starting the tour. It was just 16 miles, but in stop and go traffic and 90 degree heat pulling a trailer, it felt like a long ride.
Our second ride was in the Cuyahoga Valley while visiting my parents in Ohio. It was beautiful and much cooler and Satchel did much better on the ride. She even fell asleep at the end.
Every time we go to Ohio, I'm always struck by the beauty of the rolling farm land. These are some photos taken out the car window.
Making our trip to Ohio, we spent a lot of time in the car - not Satchel's favorite activity. Generally Satchel is a really pleasant easy going kid and we're often told how lucky we to have such a chill little girl. However, put Satchel in the car and she becomes a different beast completely. Here are some photos to prove that she can be pretty unpleasant if she wants to be. After this particular trip home, she had us so at wits end that we offered to let my parents keep her so that we wouldn't have to endure the trip back. In the end, we changed our minds, of course.
(Imagine if you will lots of screaming to go with these photos)
Niiiiice. Not only am I impressed with someone who would ever say the phrase "It was ONLY a 16 mile ride", but I am also pleased to know that blogs do not prevent honesty on the occasional pissy child front. :) We miss you guys!
ReplyDeleteIt was great seeing you and Satchel at WPG tonight. It amazes me how much she has developed. She is so cute and curious! Hopefully she'll like bike rides better than car rides. Need more bikers and less drivers.
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