The Best 10 Miles ever!

My Sunday ride was pretty fantastic! Me and Carmen rode through the neighborhood and around this park and found the neatest little bike path that went around the subdivisions and through the woods for about a mile or two! It was a really nice ride. The sun was hidden behind some clouds and the air temperature was a comfortable 72 degrees. Oh...we also stopped to watch these 20 pound swans feeding and grooming themselves in a local pond. They were beautiful to watch. But the best thing that I saw during this ride was Carmen. She just looked so happy and I could tell that se was enjoying herself. I’m so glad that we can go out for rides together. Well on the way back home Carmen wanted to go ahead and push the ride to make it an even 10 miles...so we did. It was starting to get dark by the time we got back, but she did it! I am very proud of her and I think that she was also proud of herself for doing the 10 miles! That really was one of the most memorable rides ever for me...and I think for her too. I think that we probably have had the bike out about 6-8 times total and she is already doing 10 miles...most excellent! Well I’d like to see her do 15-20 miles soon; I know that she can do it. Oh...I also did 62 miles earlier in the day and dropped some of the hardest riders that I know....but that story is much lower on the blog totem pole. I really just wanted to tell Carmen that I was proud of her and that I enjoyed my time riding with her. HB

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