Day TWO: 44 mile Road Ride

Today we got up, got on our bikes and headed out on a ride while deep in conversation.

Our plan was a pretty simple out and back route. However, we didn't quite know how far it was. We did know that the first state park on the route was about 10 miles out. We wanted to go a little further than that, and 25 mile creek state park was a little further on the map, a good 30 mile bike ride sounded great.

At about 15 miles we came across Kelly's resort, which looked like a house. How could this be a resort? We only stopped for a second, and found out that the park was 6 more miles. Hey, thats not so far! We also noted that Kelly's had a little store. The ride out to the park was mostly downhill, but there was so much wind that it was the hardest downhill ride ever! It took so much energy just to go 17 miles an hour.

Because we were going so slow it felt like it took a very long time to get down to 25 Mile Creek state park. The power of the wind blowing across the lake was amazing. We stopped for a rest and a snack, with our backs to the dock wall and the wind blowing in our hair. It took a while to gather our courage to start back up the hill. I should probably explain that although it was mostly uphill there were a lot of small rolling down hill and flat sections too. The most amazing thing was again the wind; the ride UP the hill, seemed easier than coming down. I have to say, the ride up was certainly the most fun I've had on a climb in a long time!

We had a lunch of cheese, crackers and lunchmeat at the Kelly's resort store, and learned all about the resort, their cabins and had a delightful time talking with the staff. Thanks for lunch Kelly's!!

Day ONE: Mountain Biking

After checking into our hotel we immediately began researching rides and found a little bike store in town where we could get some maps.


Researching for this trip on the internet has been hampered by a lack of detail. I was confused by this until I arrived, and started talking with the people who live and work here. Pretty much everyone gives directions just like these websites: "cross the bridge and turn right, you can't miss it"


yeah... I could.


We ended up heading to a bike store to get some maps of the area, and then going mountain biking. It was my first time mountain biking, and the sun was about to go down... so we didn't stay out very long, but it was FUN! So FUN!

Adventure 2008 -- Chelan

Its been about a year since our adventure in Hawaii, and I haven't blogged nearly as much as I wish... but oh well.


This weekend, Mom and I are in chelan for our anual adventure.


We left this morning with 4 bikes on (and in) the car and headed away from the rain to Chelan.

Around lunch we took a gorgeous detour over to Elensburg, thanks to our awesome GPS navigational computer. We headed around this beautiful valley, where it was very windy and tumbleweeds were blowing across the highway. I took a picture of one... but its a little hard to see them.



The valley was totally amazing. At a little lookout, we stopped at a lookout and took a few pictures. It was way more windy than we expected.





See... mom's hair is blowing around like crazy!!