Memorial Day Ride

Our annual Memorial Day ride was once again a lot of fun. The weather was perfect, not too hot or too cool. The short people are getting older and can ride on their own, without mom or dad -- except Frank, who rode in a borrowed kiddie bike trailer pulled by his dad, Bert. Kate did much better this year and showed everyone she could do it. Instead of riding a bike Wart bladed. Below are (in order) Kate, Sparky, Wart, Lou, and Ernie.

As usual there are speed demons and those who enjoyed the ride. (When will they learn that after they beat their guts out being the first, they just have to sit an wait.) Here's a portion of our group in a shot by Bridal Veil Falls. The place was packed; on the way down I passed 250 people between the falls and the small park below. So we must have passed more than a thousand people along the trail. A zoo, but that's OK. It was the Memorial Day Weekend.

While waiting for the rest, and with the energy of a Gazelle, the 3 older short people climbed the rock slide until called back down. At 2 years, Frank's not quite into rock climbing.

Back at base-camp we cooked hamburgers and hot dogs with the usual trimmings. A little too cool, we didn't do water balloons this year--maybe next.