Thursday, July 28, 2011

A Biking First: Night Ride

Lee went on his first ever Night Ride with our neighbor. Lee has been finishing up a trail as it started getting darkish before, I guess that could be called a Dusk Ride. But for this ride, they didn't even leave until 9:30pm. Zac told him to make sure he brought a light. Lee attached lights to his bike with zip ties.

  They went to Green Canyon, which is a ride they are familiar with, but they could still quickly out ride their lights. They had to cross a creek, but it was hard to tell how deep it was. They threw in some rocks before deciding to just ride through it. I'm glad they made it, even if they got their feet and legs wet.

About a mile and a half from the truck on the way back down, Lee hit a large unseen rock and popped his tire. They decided it was faster to walk the bike down rather than patching the tube in the dark.
They made it home about 11:30pm. They had enough fun that they have gone again, but I only took pictures that first time.

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