Riding a bicycle is a fairly new thing for Noah. He has known for several years how to “ride”, but it has only been in our driveway or on a flat asphalt track at a local school. Increasingly, Noah can be found on his bike. So I decided it was time to take him “off-roading”! Last Monday we got up early and did our homeschool work. Around 10:30 a.m. Eric loaded up bikes for the three of us and we headed to a local state park which had a BMX track. Oh glorious day, oh glorious day! It was beautiful! We got there and excitement was in the air, and then Noah saw the track and it morphed into abject fear. However, to his credit he road the entire course. The beginning of the track has a lot of high step hills. We took those slowly. Nearing the end of the track there are little hills, reminding me of that old school green corrugated roofing. Noah enjoyed those immensely! We never “got any air” but we sure had fun. Eric only ran off the course into a fence one time and I only rammed the top of a hill with my pedal twice, not resulting in any embarrassing off-roading. After riding the last half of the track a million times, we took a ride on the big road that encircles the track. Skidding perfectly, about 9 feet to a halt next to me, Noah grinned like a Cheshire cat, so proud of himself. Shaking my head and smiling back, I responded. “Cool, Noah. That was awesome!” And it was indeed.
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