There's not much activity upstairs this morning. I guess all that mountain air and that 17 miles worth of bike riding yesterday drained too much energy from my brain. The reserves remain in slumber mode, stubbornly refusing to come alive.
We had a great day on the Hiawatha bike ride. Our group of six kids---Katie, Hannah, Mike, Travis, Joey, and Dillon---made our jobs as chaperones easy. Cooperative, enthusiastic, polite, energetic, these ten-year-olds thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Whether we were rolling through the dark tunnels or standing high above the treetops on Old Milwaukee trestles, the kids made the most of every minute.
Everyone took turns reading the trailside stories about the 1910 forest fires which wiped out old-growth timber, the wild and woolly towns once located along the passageway or explanations of how the Milwaukee route was constructed by laborers representing nearly 20 nationalities in the early 1900s.
The kids particularly enjoyed the occasional mule deer walking through tunnels and a healthy population of fat chipmonks who've strangely discovered that educational panels where those two-legged humans stop to read also translate into sumptuous supplies of donated edibles. In our kids' case, the trail mix served as a great enticer to as many as half a dozen chipmonks at a time.
Bill and I had a great day. Now, we're getting ready for a busy Saturday, and I've gotta get off this blog to call Laura who's heading up from Plummer this morning. Happy Saturday to all.
1 comment:
I talked to someone who had biked the Hiawatha trail. His tip to me, which you can confirm or not, was to take plenty of spare batteries for the bike's headlight through the tunnel. Was that your experience? Sounds like a fun time, and you're a good sister. I'd ask how you'd rate the trip, but then again, you were chaperoning 10 yr olds. Can't be all that difficult, right?
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