The daughter's first trail ride with her new bike -
The first family bike ride with the four of us each on our own bike -
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| "Team S-H-I-f-T Happens" |
The last time we were all on the Root River Trail out of Lanesboro was probably 11 or 12 years ago with my dad, and my hubby was pulling a Burley bicycle trailer behind his bike with our three-or four-year-old daughter inside.
Today, we started in Lanesboro, MN and rode east the 4.6 miles to Whalan where we took a break for pie and ice cream and assorted snacks at the Aroma Pie Shop. Since this was our daughter's first big ride, we didn't want to push too hard, so turned around after our rest break and rode back to Lanesboro. It was a perfect day--weather-wise--for a ride, and the trail was very scenic and well maintained.
Back in Lanesboro, we had pizza at Gil B's and more ice cream (and an iced latte for me) at Another Time Ice Cream. After checking out a few other shops and the art gallery, it was back to the cars to head home for the day. Thankfully, the rain waited until we were done with our ride and walk around town.
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| The view from my trike |
