A week or two ago R and I got out on a fun ride with our friends Kat and her daughter C. It was our first time riding with them and it was a ton of fun. Fall weather hadn’t kicked in yet so we had a beautiful day out on the bike path.
I met Kat and C at their house and we headed down to the Burke-Gilman trail. We left right at naptime, but I wasn’t too concerned. R has so much fun on the bike that I wasn’t worried about her fussing and I figured she would probably take her nap at some point while riding.
We didn’t do a super long ride because of my time constraints. I wanted to be back home in time to be there when Lurline got home from work. She doesn’t get a ton of time with R during the week so I like to make sure we’re home when she is.
We headed north on the trail up to Matthews Beach Park. It’s a really pretty ride through the trees and was about the right distance for the time we had. I only do about 10 mph on my bike when I don’t use the motor and I wanted to do most of this under my own power to get some good exercise.
At that slow speed it was pretty easy to chat while riding. Kat and I got a good long conversation in while the girls enjoyed their time on the bikes (or in the trailer in C’s case). It was some of the best fun I’ve had biking since our ride to Seward Park a couple months ago. I’d like to get out on fun rides more often, and I’m really looking forward to one where I can take my regular bike instead of the cargo bike. Maybe a ride where R stays home and we can do something like ride to Redhook for lunch and a beer. Not that I don’t love riding with R, just that it would be nice to have a grownup ride sometime too.