First Gear

Yesterday we mountain biked around Russian Ridge Preserve. We were looking for something that was not technical because of our (well I should say Brett's) little passenger. A little more excitement for him might have been good because he ended up falling asleep! Van loves his little bike seat and thinks he is helping Daddy ride his bike. It sure is comfortable though because he falls asleep so easily in it.


It was a great workout and at the end we felt like we surely accomplished something...felt that we earned a cold, refreshing beer :) I had a nice lesson in using first gear and making it up some long, long hills. It was great to hear, "FASTER DADDY!" over and over after Van woke up. The view was gorgeous. We biked on an old logging road and on a single-track trail through tall, golden grass (I caught a tick crawling up my leg...glad we stopped for a break). We could see the bay below us and fog creeping in. Something else that I just loved about this afternoon was how peaceful it was...after we left the parking lot we only saw 4-5 other people. I felt at home and we were happy to find an escape.
Here's a cool video but our experience was a little different...we biked up all that he is riding down and had a beautiful sunny day! I don't have many photos to share...our camera is just a little too big to take on the bike. The attached photo is from my phone and a different ride.

http://www.singletracks.com/mtb/videos/1118
http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailid=BGS101-025