The fog was nearly gone by the time we pedaled the first half of the ride. After giving hearty hoops and hoorays for riding companions who finished their ride with mile 30, Harley and I refilled our water bottles and headed out for the second leg of our adventure. We were a riding two-some for most of the sunny trek back to my childhood home. As we pedaled up Airport Road several parachute jumpers floated overhead rekindling my girlhood memories of lying in the grass on sunny afternoons to watch colorful figures such as these drift from the sky. At the water stop we paused with another group of fans to watch them land.
It was great fun to ride to the end of Airport Road with our grandchildren, Dylan and Mia! Although they didn’t understand all the implications of this ride, they certainly caught the vision of something larger than grandma and grandpa was going on here. Inspiration for the final 15 more miles ahead came in part, from new riders who joined us here – my Uncle Dick, who traveled from Goshen, IN and teenage cousins, Isaac and Reuben Zeigler, who had early morning farm chores! Midway between the next water stop, Reuben turned off to the home of a friend and Uncle Dick pedaled a route of his choosing past landmarks from his boyhood neighborhood. But Isaac remained a committed riding partner to the end of our 60 mile adventure!
It was great fun to ride to the end of Airport Road with our grandchildren, Dylan and Mia! Although they didn’t understand all the implications of this ride, they certainly caught the vision of something larger than grandma and grandpa was going on here. Inspiration for the final 15 more miles ahead came in part, from new riders who joined us here – my Uncle Dick, who traveled from Goshen, IN and teenage cousins, Isaac and Reuben Zeigler, who had early morning farm chores! Midway between the next water stop, Reuben turned off to the home of a friend and Uncle Dick pedaled a route of his choosing past landmarks from his boyhood neighborhood. But Isaac remained a committed riding partner to the end of our 60 mile adventure!
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