My ride with Lance

On Sunday I had a rare opportunity, so I took advantage of it! I got to ride w/ Lance!
Ok, not THE Lance in the biking world, but the Lance-O who actually is my favorite Lance.

Lance-O has recently learned to ride his bike, so his mom & I took him to Pease Park to ride some trails.

I made the mistake of taking the rougher part of the trail (I forgot about the downhill and sharp turn), he made it around the sharp corner on the steep part, I heard his mom screech, then Lance-O fell! Oh crap, I did it again, got a kid hurt on their bike! (Lance-O's sister buster her chin and required 3 stitches when we went out 7 years ago! and blood always seems to be involved when Lance-O, his mom & I venture out--I busted my head at E-Rock 5-6 years ago, no stitches required) So, I just knew this was going to be bad. He was sprawled out, face first heading down the side of a cliff! I picked him up, no busted lip or chin, no scraped knee, no scraped hands (thanks to the gloves), minor bark damage on his left shoulder. I think I told Lance I was disappointed there wasn't much blood, his mom laughed. I was very impressed, Lance got up, we walked the bikes til the trail got easier, then he hopped back on! Come to find out it was the rock sticking out about a foot from the wall that got his shoulder, poor kid.

Once we got past the bridge at 29th street, the trail was paved, this made Lance very happy and his momma happier!

Then we came to a really rocky part, Lance-O wove through the rocks and puddles (from the spring) with ease.

It was so cool to watch this kid pedal through the trees, you could just see the freedom he felt by being on a bike.
No other incidences occurred on our 5 mile journey, we had to walk a few hills and take a few water breaks, but Lance-O did really well. Next time we will start at Pease and skip the mean rock that juts out and knocks 8 yr olds off their bikes and ride down to Mellow Johnnys (Lance-O was asking about it.

Miles for this ride: Another Urban Adventure in kilometers, though I did find the instruction book to figure out how to change it
Roadkill for this ride: almost Lance-O and his momma (from a heart attack) no homeless sleeping under the bridges, we did see a jogger who fell
Total miles for the month: 21 (rounding)I need to ride some more...been running...can't wait til the cap 10k is over so I can get back on the road bike more and continue the urban adventures
Total miles for 2011: 82
Miles to go: 1418 to hit 1500!