Salt of the Earth

I haven’t blogged in forever and so much has happened. Where to begin….. Well, with the trip. 

A week ago we returned from a 6 day bike trip to Idaho. It was incredible. The first day was a travel day- which proved to be a bit stressful in the beginning due to some bike rack issues. Fortunately, we have good friends who help us out and the Cheeseman’s proved to be just that. After a long day of driving we finally made it to our camp ground and set up camp. As usual the first night I didn’t sleep well, since I wasn’t in my bed, not used to my surroundings etc… I was up at 5am, thinking it was much later. It was actually a beautiful morning so I didn’t mind the solitude.

Around 9am we headed out for our first bike ride- Hiawatha Bike Path. There were 30 of us total on the trip and we had all been told about this particular trail. We would need bike lights and rain gear because we were going to be riding through a mile long tunnel.

Thomas wanted to ride with the older boys and I opted to hang back with Graham. The first couple minutes in the tunnel were a little scary and I was impressed that Graham wasn’t freaking out because the visability was not so good. I then realized I still had my sun glasses on and promptly removed them and everything became much more visible. Graham was a trooper. He rode the whole way- slowly, but he did it. There were a couple wipe outs since it was slippery and dark. At the other end of the tunnel we saw the sights then turned around to go back through and continue on the 17 mile path. On the other side of the tunnel Graham decided he was done. He was actually running a bit of a fever and fighting a cold so he hopped in the truck and rode down the path with a friend of ours. Mick, Thomas, myself and the others had a quick sack lunch then headed off down the path. It was the most amazing path I’ve ever been on in my entire life. We crossed several wooden bridges. We rode past snow, water and a forest fire. We had a snowball fight in 80 degree weather. It was perfect. The end of the trail came way to soon but a lot of the boys were tired. Graham was waiting at the bottom of the trail with my friend. He was handing out energy drinks to everyone who rode. While we waited for our ride some of the boys tried catching a chipmunk. Others played cards and most of the adults just chatted. It was a perfect day.

We headed back to camp for dinner and a good nights sleep. 

T