Lee Thomson

Jul 21
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

Well, it did rain for two weeks straight.

But also sleeping with the whole family in one room, going to bed at strange times and (especially in Iceland) when the sun wouldn’t set in time for darkness to overtake us, we had the blinds drawn. I, personally, like to know what the weather is doing when I wake up.

In family adventure news, we managed a two tandem family ride today. This is more momentous than it sounds. Little Alice has been so little for so long, I didn’t think she’d ever graduate off the tag-along bike behind my single, and onto the back of the purple mom tandem. Today she did! Finally! I had been looking forward to, planning, hoping for, waiting (more or less patiently) for this to happen since we got the mom tandem (Alice was one). Aerin took over my seat on the blue grown-up tandem a couple years ago.

Gone are the days when we’d tow little Aerin by herself in the trailer behind the tandem (that got a lot of looks).

New days coming.

Now we start training for the 2x2x2x2 ride I have been thinking of for ages: two tandems, two parents, two kids, two trailers – off we go bike camping again. Local at first, but I am aiming for Montana and Glacier National Park.