Saturday, April 12, 2008

Adventure on the Greenway


To cap off the spring break week, I took the afternoon off on Friday and we embarked on a bike adventure!  We decided to stray a little further from our normal pastures and headed for the Mallard Creek Greenway (http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/Park+and+Rec/Greenways/Mallard+and+Clark%27s+Creek.htm).


Check out the picture of the loaded up Jeep - we filled that thing with bikes, trailers, helmets, tool kits, air pumps, video cameras, digital cameras, and picnic paraphernalia!  I was a little surprised by how much prep was required for a simple trip to the greenway but in the end it was VERY worth it.


We started things off with a .25 mi ride to a playground where we ate our lunch and then continued for another 2 mi or so to the end of one of the greenway spurs.  Along the way we discovered a catapiller, explored lots of sidewalk access paths (Ellie and Ava loved shooting down those hilly, narrow sidewalks), took some live bike rolling video, and found an amazing "natural" climbing wall.  After a few hours in the 80 degree weather we were hot, sweaty, and ready for....Baskin Robin's!


If anyone is interested in scheduling another Greenway Adventure, let me know - we are ready for another trip!


Oh - and the video is of Ava at her best...



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