Our Mother’s Day Outting

As you all know, Mother’s Day was Sunday and our girls wanted to do something as a family. They wanted to go on a bike ride as a family. Margaret does not like to ride that much, but what could she do when the girls were wanting to spend some time together? Well, I told Margaret that it would not be long because the girls wanted to ride on the rail trail (local walking, bike path). So, I proceeded to put the bike rack on the car and tie the bikes on. We had to stop by Pops’ house to get the pump because some of the tires needed air. Mission accomplished! Off to the trail we go. Upon arrival we all get out and get on our repective bikes and off we go…oh by the way, I put the car keys on Laneys pouch on her bike. We ride about 1.5 miles and run into a friend of ours. We stop for a moment to say hello, and off we go to finish the ride. When we reach the 2 mile mark, we rest and see our friend coming back. He asks if Laney can ride with him the rest of the way to his house (another 3 miles). We say sure and they go one way and we go another. After convincing Sophia that Laney is not catching up because she went with our friend, she begins to quicken her pace. We are about 1/4 of the way to the van when I remember…YES…Laney has our keys. I ride back the other direction, plus the additional 3 miles to our friends house where he and Laney are in the car on their way to bring me my keys. So, I rode roughly 8 miles when it was only supposed to be a nice, easy Sunday afternoon ride. We laughed and chalked it up as another great Sinsel adventure. You never know what will happen when we do something as a family, but it is worth it!

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