Seriously, this was just beautiful. Can you see the snow on the caps of the mountains in the distance??On this day, I think I was a bit, distracted...well, maybe seduced by the surroundings, when I agreed to bike 16 miles from this lake, all the way to a park on the other side of Vail!
I asked Carlos about the distance and he said, "oh honey, it's all downhill and it will go fast!"Okay..so he was only part right. We started at 10, 600 elevation and went down roughly 2,000 feet. But it was NOT downhill coasting! I locked up my gears at least 6 times, maybe more and of course, Carlos was happy to laugh at me then...and still now.
Carlos had to pull Landon and he was huffing and puffing too! ...so I didn't feel THAT out of shape. (I'm totally lying. I thought I was going to die.)
We were really surprised at how well Landon handled the ride...we took off around 11am and rode until aroud 5pm. After lunch we found a little park in Vail Village to let him play at. There are more pictures in the slideshow below.
This is where we biked to ...a beautiful park on the other side of Vail called Donovan Park.
Carlos had to pull Landon and he was huffing and puffing too! ...so I didn't feel THAT out of shape. (I'm totally lying. I thought I was going to die.) Having said all this...the views? My goodness! Everywhere we looked was a picture. I took 350 pictures on this trip....but from what I saw, I could have easily taken 3500!
The temperature was ...cold! Must have been in the upper 50's. But, we were working so hard the cold air felt, cool at best. Landon was all bundled up in his little chariot.
We joked that he had a party back there, with a pillow, blankets, toys, snacks, coloring books, drinks, you name it! No DVD though. I had to draw the line somewhere.
We stopped in Vail Village to eat lunch and buy Landon a little toy at a toy store there. I've never been to a Swiss Village, but this is what I imagine it would look like. TONS of families there and in Beaver Creek too!
We were really surprised at how well Landon handled the ride...we took off around 11am and rode until aroud 5pm. After lunch we found a little park in Vail Village to let him play at. There are more pictures in the slideshow below.
This is where we biked to ...a beautiful park on the other side of Vail called Donovan Park. We had the company that we rented the bikes from pick us up from here. If only parks in Arizona looked like this! Landon had a much-deserved good time with some other little kids after handling the 16 mile, 6 hour trip!
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I just have to say......I told you so ;)!!!! I knew you were going to love it-much better then a beach trip in my book! Such a beautiful family!!! Love ya birdy :)
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