Projects Continued

Just a quick update,  day 2 - and Rachel and I rode bikes this morning... no pictures -it takes two hands to ride and Rachel is a Speed Racer.  We rode a couple of miles - I feel like we could have rode all day - it was wonderful.  I used  to ride a lot in my young single days - the most I ever rode was 82 miles but I did it allot.  There is a ride in Texas - well - there are rides all over Texas - they typically coincide with festivals of some sort = In Tyler there's an  Azalea  Festival, Gainsville has a an Oktoberfest - (that one is yummy too), there's one in Frost, TX, Italy, TX - I used to do all these rides but the biggest by far is the Hotter N Hell Bike Ride in Wichita Falls, Texas AND it takes place in August - (ugh) the heat is miserable.  People from all over the world come to be apart of that ride. The last ride I did there.. was in the late  80's and I was  doing the 82 mile leg of the ride - I did the first 40 miles in 2 hours (yea!  I was riding with the wind)  The 2nd half of the ride took me 4+ hours....   I had to stop b/c of the heat and then I was against  the wind all the way back to the finish - I did finish .... never went that far again but today with the wind in my face and pedaling to keep up with Rachel - for that moment it  was wonderful.  Of course when you get to the corner you have to make sure your 7 year old is looking both ways  and signaling and  teaching the next generation about the absolute coolness of riding bikes.    

After our ride we worked in Rachel's Garden - Very successful - more weeding and cleaning and then the fun stuff began..  :)    She's pretty proud and we are  working on placement of the plants.  

A very  good day...  and I had some yummy tomatoes for lunch!