Bike ride to the Sea

A friend of ours puts together a fund-raising bike ride every year to raise money for Pedal Away Parkinsons.  We participated in it a couple of times before moving here, I even won a bike at the giveaway!  This year we decided to go on a bike ride to lend our support from across the ocean.  We had planned out a 10 mile ride to the beach and back, but it ended up being closer to 15 miles.  Although all the kids ride two-wheelers now, we decided with such a long trip, it would be better to have the little ones in the trailer. 

 We handed off the camera to Lexi and Noah for part of the ride, here are a few pictures they took. =)

 Hahahaha!

 The ride was very beautiful, taking us through fields, by cattle pens, on dirt roads, it was a lot of fun!

 This cow was very friendly, letting us pet it and feed it. 

 Up and over a bridge.

 We made it to the beach for lunch, cooked some hot dogs on the grill.

 The beach was quite crowded and yucky today.  Funny thing though, these were the only 2 pictures we took of the sea.  The water was a dark brown/yellowish color and stinky!  Very gross, but quite refreshing on a hot day.