Biking the Golden Ears Bridge +

So summer holidays have officially started for us with school having ended just a couple days ago.  It's time to get out and enjoy the fresh air AND our bikes!!  After doing the Sylvan FamilyFondo we've been inspired to get on our bikes more often so the kids and I aimed high!

Last year Adrianna REALLY wanted to bike the Golden Ears Bridge as a family but we ran out of time and she dislocated her knee so that ended that activity.  First on the list this summer - our attempt to bike the bridge with no idea if we'd be able to do the whole thing or not but we decided we'd give it our best effort and see where that got us.

Heading towards the Golden Ears Bridge

The 1/2 way mark and needing a drink break

Guess we had the stamina to do it!  That first part was UPHILL but downhill of course was a piece of cake.  We were so full of energy that we decided to push ourselves a little further and bike through Walnut Grove to the Kenyon's home (in hopes that they'd actually be home).

Thankfully they were home!!  There's more uphill to their place then one would have expected.  After a quick one hour visit to rest up and fill up on more water we headed back.  EASY downhill all the way to the bridge but.......we knew uphill was coming.

Getting ready to head back to 'our side' of the bridge

Eli 

Adrianna

At the car hot and sweaty but we did it!!!  

We did it, we did it WAHOOOOO!!!!  Not sure how soon the kids will want to do that again?  I was trying to convince them that if we did that every week we'd be pros at it in no time!