Almost Time For School

I spent the last days of the summer swimming, skating, hiking, and biking. Friday, we went to Honeymoon Island. I had fun swimming and looking for shells. I even found a cool sharks tooth.

Saturday, I went to the skating rink with my friends, then finished the day at the park on the boardwalk nature trail.

Sunday, we headed over to Starkey Park for a little road riding. We did the entire trail this time... from the park to the Suncoast Trail it was about 13 miles.

Sunday Ride

We had a great afternoon ride today at Trout Creek.

Here's my Dad playing around while we were taking a break.

Blazing Boyette

I'm used to riding in the heat...but today seemed to be extra hot!! We shouldn't have rode The West Meadow Trail. Climbing those grassy hills in the hot sun was making me feel really sick. Instead of continuing on, we decided to take the trail back and head over to Spider Berm for a little shade. Wow, the new part of Spider Berm was awesome!! After that, we headed over to Gator Pit and Golf Cart. We ended up riding about 10 miles in the blazing heat.

Wilderness Park Trails

Yesterday, we headed over to Tampa for a ride. We decided to do the Trout Creek side this time. We rode about 9 miles which included Panther. My sister was riding at a really fast pace this time, which made it a lot more fun to ride here. We were about 5 miles out when it started to rain, but that was OK, it felt awesome.

Lakeland

We headed over to Lakeland today. This time my Dad's friend came with us. He has never been mountain biking before, but wanted to give it a try. We ended up doing 1 lap and had to leave after lunch... his butt hurt really bad and could not go on. He said he really liked riding with us and will try it again with a cushy seat and padded shorts.