THIS Girl...

...is AMAZING!!

Just look at her:

She just finished riding a bike for over 46 miles.

Ten years old

and her first long-distance bike ride.

She is so awesome!

 

But let me back up.

We arrived in Wellesville Friday evening around 5:30

and the festivities were under way.

The theme for this year's

Little Red ride was...

Hawaiian

There were lots of vendors and people milling around.

A very fun atmosphere.

We picked up our registration packets

and were interviewed for the Logan paper

and looked around for a bit

then left to check into our hotel.

Our start time on Saturday morning wasn't until 9:30 AM.

That was kind of nice for a change.

I took a quick picture of us and then off we went!

It was a beautiful day for riding.

And Cache Valley is a breath-takingly beautiful place to ride.

Regularly I asked Abbie how she was doing

and she always said, "Fine!"

Truthfully, I wasn't sure how this was going to go.

I took the map for the 35 mile option just in case Abbie felt like she couldn't do 

the 46 mile loop.

You see, we haven't *ridden more than 10 or 11 miles 

in our "training"

and Abbie would pretty much complain the whole way!

But Saturday?

Not a complaint

except close to the end when she said she was getting tired

or her toe hurt.

That was okay.

I was getting tired too.

And my shoulders hurt.

After our last rest stop

we paused to take pictures of

HOME 

painted on the road.

We were on our way!

Only 7-ish mile left.

We were really going to do this!

And we did. 

We were on the road from 9:30 until 3:00

 but our actual riding time was

4 1/2 hours.

Isn't she the most amazing girl?!

Edit: Ridden? What's ridden? I think the proper way would have been to say "We haven't gone on a ride longer than 10 or 11 miles."  But no. I have to write "ridden" and then not proof read this for a few hours after hitting the "publish" button.. Sheesh. Can I blame it on my brain being tired? Because it is, you know. Really tired. Tired, like I need to empty it of a few things. Do you understand what that means? 

Okay. I'm done.

(3:41 PM)