Day 3: Puddle Stomping

We had heavy rains all day today. This doesn't bode well for mountain biking at any point in the foreseeable future, but it cleared up after dinner tonight, enough for a road ride, at least. I tried to get the kids to sign up for a bike ride to go find puddles to stomp in, but they outvoted me and we walked:





This creek runs behind our house, it's running pretty high right now:


I ended up just riding my Breezer up and down the street when we got home.

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