Hello Summer!

(after our biking adventure)

This past Saturday was such a wonderfully warm day here in the City of Trees that Nic and I decided to go for a bike ride. We waited until after 5 o'clock so it was a little cooler and we wouldn't have to worry about getting burned- well, so we wouldn't have to worry about Nic getting burned-I just tan :)

Nic and I drove down to Julia Davis Park , unloaded our bikes and hopped on the green belt to head down to see The Howards in Garden City. Friday evening we had heard that there was going to be flooding along the green belt, so Nic and I were pleasantly surprised that we didn't run into any problems. . .that is until we go to Garden City.

As we neared Mel and TJ's house we encountered a pretty deep flooded area. There was a cyclist walking his bike (up stream) thru the water and he informed us there were two more flood spots up ahead but this was the worse one. I looked at Nic and told him that there was no way in heck that I was going to try and ride through that, but I guess he didn't hear me because next thing I know Nic heads on through. . .the water came passed his knees while he was sitting on his bike (yeah, NO WAY I was going to even make an attempt). He made it across, realized I wasn't behind him and came back. We decided to head back to the road, go up a block and then hop back on the green belt.

Some bikers ahead of us and just come thru the second flooded area and said since we were heading down-stream it wouldn't be too hard of a ride and that it wasn't that deep. So, I decided to tough it out and oh. . .my. . .gosh!! The water came up to just about mid-calf and it was FREEZING!!!! As we're going freezing our toes off, I look over at Nic and tell him "You know, it's going to be pretty crappy if Mel and TJ aren't even there. . .maybe we should have called first." Nic just smiled (I'll have to admit that's the one thing I love about my husband always able to find the ADVENTURE in everything). Soon after we cleared the second area, we came across the third. Thankfully, it wasn't that deep but it was still pretty darn cold. I just held my breath and peddled as fast as I could. Nic laughed. Luckily Mel and TJ were home too!

I love bike riding during the summer but I think I'm going to hold off until all the floods have run their course!

p.s. I'm sure y'all want proof as to how deep everything was but Nic and I forgot to take pictures of that. We figured we could reenact everything, but then they wouldn't be as authentic. :)