Today I went back to the car show taking the 2 Grand-Sons. Blake never met a car he didn't like. Ethan's favorite was a Lamborghini.


All car photos here.


Bike photos here.

Video I took of just some of the bikes...

I went riding with the Grand-Kids for the first time since sometime before Blake's surgery.

This morning with the boys.



This afternoon with the girl.



Can you figure out what I did in-between rides?

Grandson Blake is now home and recovering from his surgery. I was commenting to him that I wondered when he would be going back to school and be able to ride a bike. He said he had already asked the doctors before leaving the hospital if he could ride and they said it would be ok and just be sure to wear a helmet.

Yesterday he had to go back to get a tube removed from his stomach which turned out to be a painful ordeal. Hopefully that's the last of the trauma for a while.

I can't help but laugh at him as he walks around in his pajamas, hunched over like a frail little old man. I'm sure he'll be bouncing off the walls again real soon.

Maybe we'll try riding a little bit this weekend. What a tough little guy.

Today two of the Grand-Kids and I rode to a nearby field to throw around the football that Ethan got for his recent birthday (check out his epic punt here). Later in the day I rode around town looking for some fall color but the strong wind had stripped most of the trees.

Haven't had anytime to ride as of late. I had planned to take the 2 Grand-Sons to ride the local rail-to-trail last weekend but Blake went to the ER on Friday and ended up having surgery on Sunday. A week later he's still in the hospital recovering. His surgery hopefully fixed a very painful issue that he's dealt with for several years. It's unbelievable what this kid has endured.
We've been spending a lot of time at the hospital and watching the other Grand-kids. I thought I might take the other Grand-Son riding tomorrow but the wind today is ridiculous and forecast-ed to be the same tomorrow.

Sunday afternoon Grand-son Blake and I participated in the first Toys For Tots bike ride here. We rode about 6 miles with a group to a park where we dropped off our toy donations and had cookies and hot chocolate. We then rode back to our starting point with a few of our bike club people.
Blake did really well riding the distance and in a large group.




Video...

Grand-kids got me this Candy-Kabob thing that has a bicycle.

Got Ally's tire replaced and she's back on the road (the clunking turned out to be the chain guard which was loose). She discovered riding with one hand tonight.