This morning's agenda involved donuts with the PDX bike gang. The weather forecast called for rainy weather and possibly even snow. That wouldn't stop us from getting to donuts so we piled on every layer of clothing we had brought up and rolled out with about 45 minutes to get 3.5 miles.
Kath sent me a couple of routes to get to Blue Star Donuts that would circumnavigate most of the big hills. Unfortunately, the one I chose was similar to my route from last night and I missed one detour and rode up a big hill. My munchkins cheered me on by yelling "Go, mama, go!" And we made it up eventually. It took us 40 minutes to go 3.5 miles, twice as long as google's estimation.
The donuts were yummy, although not quite as good as Doughbot (I miss them!). Big Brother had a blackberry cake and Little Brother eventually had a cinnamon sugar. I really enjoyed catching up with some of the PDX bike crew and meeting a few new folks.
The donuts were yummy, although not quite as good as Doughbot (I miss them!). Big Brother had a blackberry cake and Little Brother eventually had a cinnamon sugar. I really enjoyed catching up with some of the PDX bike crew and meeting a few new folks.
The boys were thrilled when a few tiny flakes of snow began to fall. Being valley people, we had to run out and check them out.
After donuts, we rode around a bit and hung out with Madi and Kath. We popped into a thrift store to replace Big Brother's beanie that he left on the bus a few days ago. By then, it was noon and time for us to be heading home. Kath gave us some more detailed instructions on how to get home a different way (again with the flattest route).
It was only about 4.5 miles home but soon after we started off, flakes started falling again. This time, the snowflakes grew and fell steadier. The boys were getting hungry and cold but stayed in happy spirits--singing and giggling the whole way home.
We made it back to the condo and peeled off all our wet, cold gear. As we parked the bike, the snow kept falling stronger and melting into big puddles on the ground. It was nice to be back, dry and warm again. Even though the Kr8 is feeling easier to ride, I still feel like I rode about 4x more than I did. I'm actually quite enjoying this bike--not so much on the hills but otherwise, it's quite stable and smooth, especially with extra kid-power (read: weight) onboard.
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