Bike Train

I'd been considering it for a while and today I hooked everything together for the first time. I'd been hesitant to try it, but then saw the same setup used quite successfully by a Roosevelt parent. So this afternoon we set out for the first bike ride in a long while. An hour and a half later we arrived home - about 4 miles in all. Not very far, but a good trial run for the train. Looks like we'll need to get a least one new tire and a possibly a few tubes. That, or bring the pump along. Joe was a champion pedaler which made my job a little easier. My tire has a slow leak, but when I'm pulling an extra hundred pounds (and that's just the boys) it makes a difference to have fully inflated tires!

I did 22, how about you?

I just read this and, realizing upcoming change of decades, said to Rhonna - I'll be lucky if I can do ten. Ten were easier than I thought, but I began to slow down quite rapidly soon after. Now, as I type this, my arms have a slight quiver to them. However, the real test will come tomorrow when I'll have to pick up Isaac - and still be able to carry him. I've been jogging three mornings in a row - jogging in the loosest sense of the word - and it's a good thing I'm not tomorrow because I at least need to be able to use two of my appendages. Don't worry mom, it's nothing serious; just sore muscles.