This year, we went with some friends to explore a forest preserve not too far from us. We recently got a bike trailer for the boys and the draw of this preserve was that it has a bike trail loop. It's nearly 8 miles around, which was a lot to bite off for us, but we made it! I took the first half, and Hubby finished. It's amazing how different the ride was with and without the trailer!
The trail was paved, which was lovely. It went past a range of scenery; woods, ponds, a river, prairie flowers, and highways and there were a few bridges, which the kids enjoyed.
In this park, there's an area for elk; a small herd lives there. From the map, it looked like a good sized grove for them to roam around in and I expected that we'd probably not see any. So it was cool when, at the bottom of one of the bridges, there were some elk sitting near the fence; this inspired us to take a welcome break to appreciate the lovely creatures.
After our trip around the loop, we had a picnic lunch. Then, we brought out some kites and a ball to kick around. We didn't stay for too much longer; nap time loomed as well as a storm, so we called it a day.
Still, such a good time! It's always exciting to find a new place to explore and I'm glad to have another place to take out the bikes; riding around the neighborhood streets isn't nearly so fun or picturesque. We'll definitely be going back again.
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Bikey fun, yay! I've always wondered how I'd do hauling a trailer with kids and have always been kinda glad to have never found out. Maybe when I was younger but I'm not so sure I'd do too well now. But it's sounds like you had a great time and I bet the boys loved it!
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