I've got another week of camp to go, but I drove home to do laundry, which has given me time to write a little something. The day before camp started, a group of us decided to bike over the Santa Cruz mountains. It's a 30 mile route and there is one hill that was so steep that we slid while walking our bikes up it.
And the bikes took quite a beating. The locking mechanism on Travis' bike's high gear shifter gave up part of the way through. Lucky for him it was stuck on 1st and not 3rd.
Two miles from the end, Matt's chain broke. We didn't have the right tool to fix it. So he and Chris walked the rest while Travis and I finished the ride. (Travis had to be at camp to get CPR certified, so we had to finish quickly)
We took the route that Chris and Matt had taken the previous time they biked. Apparently they got a bit lost the previous time. I loved how they were able to figure out where we were this time. Sentences such as, "I remember this part, this is where we had a fight" and "This is the spot where I lied to you" were uttered.
I am proud to say that I was in the best shape of everyone, so I wasn't all that sore at the end despite having done the same ride the week before. (It was a little harder this time though.)
I'm hoping it won't be too long before I get to do the ride again. It really was a lot of fun.
2 comments :
Hehe, "this is part where I lied to you"- that is hilarious :)
Glad you had fun on your long journey! It seemed like quite an adventure!
Sadly one of my buddies has busted his chain so many times that he now always carries a chain tool on rides...I use the excuse that I'm too light to break my chain so I don't need to (but I'm sure I'll eat my words someday). It's always a nice feeling when the lady is in better shape than the gents! :)
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