On the actual forth of July the kids wanted to do another bike ride, and since Pete was off work he joined us. We had a caravan of 4 cars with bikes stuffed into every corner to get us to the hills. We were one adult bike short so I decided to walk up. It was quite the show getting everyone arranged and situated on bikes and with helmets. This area was about 15 minutes from Natalie's house.
And they're off. Natalie has a bike for Mateo in her backpack because he can't ride up the hill, but likes to ride down.
After a short ride, they had to cross a small stream, so everyone was walking across.
Getting momentum again was a challenge but soon they were all headed up hill.
Then Mackenzie decided it was too hard, so Erik put her on his back and I pushed her bike up the rest of the way. I don't know how he did this.
The trail and some wildflowers.
Finally to the top!
Group photo.
Family photos, not sure why Grant is mad in ours.
The ride up was hard for the small kids, but they loved flying down the mountain on the way down. They totally beat me down the hill and I was running. I didn't realize quite how dirty I was until after I took of my shoes and socks.
We had a great BBQ dinner and then waited for the fireworks on the front porch.
More sparklers.
The kids loved seeing and doing the fireworks. This just might be a great tradition.
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