A Family Affair

Biking seems to be catching on for both Dave's family and my own.  Dave's dad, Larry Meyer, has signed up to do the full Sea to Sea Tour!  He and his wife, Donna, purchased a nice pair of recumbent bikes and are peddling away- outdoors when the snow is melted, and indoors on their trainers otherwise.  I think it's awesome that Donna is biking with Larry to help him get ready.  And Larry is proving to be an excellent fellow cyclist with whom to bounce off ideas about camping gear, training programs, and other related matters.  We're excited to have this opportunity to spend the summer together raising awareness about world poverty and having a unique adventure.   

My little sister, Laura, is also getting pretty excited about cycling and is on board for a trip called BTC (Bike Through Colorado) that she'll be doing this summer.  Laura is such a natural on a bike.  She came to visit over her spring break from college and we took a little ride together.  I've been training for months and figured I'd be the more advanced cyclist, but she was faster than me and not at all afraid at staying clipped in at stops- something I'm still working on (I don't trust my sense of balance I guess).

I think all of my siblings have actually acquired a bike within the past year or so.  We'll have to see where we all end up biking to.

52 miles and a sunburn

This past week Thursday, Dave and I biked to ASU for a picnic and then back around to his office.  It was about a 20 mile loop and when coupled with the 16 mile round trips to and from Dave's office, I did 52 miles!  

Now, it's getting pretty hot in the Phoenix area these days- my apologies to those in the midwest who just got 13 inches of snow... and I did my best to apply sunscreen before taking off on this adventure, but I seemed to have missed a spot or two.  Can you see the blisters?  Ouch!  I am so glad that I remembered sunscreen.  I would have been in a far larger world of hurt if I would have skipped the step all together.

My favorite memory from the trip: when we passed a 7-11 on the way back to the office and Dave said, "Hey, you feel like a slurpie?"  I poured my tasty frozen beverage into my water bottle, but Dave still had water in his- so it was fun to watch him peddle while holding onto his slurpie too.