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As the summer comes to a close, the temperature gets a little cool, and the air is crisp, that’s biking weather! The kids and I did 14 miles on a beautiful local bike trail that we haven’t been to very often. In fact, it was Daughter and Son’s first time, and my 2nd time there. [...]

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Cape Cod Part II: Province Lands I’ve wanted to bike the Province Lands Bike Trail since our first trip to Cape Cod over 10 years ago. This week I finally got my chance. With Son in the Trail-A-Bike, the two of us rode across some spectacular scenery. Son gets ready: Son had a really spectacular [...]

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That’s me and Son tagging along on the local bike path. The Adams Trail-A-Bike isn’t that unusual, to my mind, but it gets a lot of comments.

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Daughter loses the training wheels:

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Daughter has long outgrown her little bike with the training wheels. Even though she has done 12-mile rides on it, we all knew that it was long past time to upgrade to something a little bigger … and to ditch the training wheels. But riding on two wheels is a hard thing, and Daughter just [...]

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We had a fun day out today. We biked 12 miles today (Daughter on her little tiny bicycle with training wheels) and explored a waterfront state park. There was a small shack there with a naturalist and exhibits, and the kids were mesmerized.

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Despite getting a late start, we managed to get a nice bike ride along a canal bike path. Son rode on the Trail-A-Bike for the first time. Daughter insisted on riding her too-small bike with training wheels. We rode under two beautiful bridges and had a nice, breezy time. Afterward we went for a round [...]

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The kids love to ride.

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The surest sign of Springtime is when we get out on the local bicycle path. Son is in a bike trailer behind me. Daughter rides her two-wheeler with training wheels. We rode over five miles today, the longest distance Daughter has ever done.

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Daughter learned to ride her two-wheeler, with training wheels, this summer.

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