The kids had a few days off from school this last week, so we did some biking and hiking. One day it was just the kids and I, so I loaded their bikes in the trunk and took them to the river. It's flat, but rocky and 'rooty' enough to give them adequate training opportunities for mountain biking. They had a blast, racing ahead of me and then coming back to check in every few minutes or so. Both found little hills off to the sides of the trail to challenge themselves with. I was amazed at how well they did with those, never having to get off and push. (Six months ago that wouldn't have been the case!) Towards the end of our time there, Eli and Maddux started pulling off the trail to the river bed where they'd hike down (100 yards, maybe) and check out the action on the water. The steep decent meant they had to hand-over-foot climb back up. Eli loved this and requested similar terrain the next time we went hiking.
Fast forward to this morning. Lehr got to stay home, so he joined us on a hike right around the corner. We go to Sope Creek a lot, but the kids had more excitement over 'climbing' this time than ever before. We went down the river, hiked and climbed along the river bed (lots of boulders) for a while and then hiked up a steep hill to return to the regular trail. Both kids found hiking sticks and had a blast. Good time :)
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