This weekend a few of my aunts and uncles and mom and dad and me of course, went up to ride The Route of the Hiawatha. The trail is an old train rail that has been turned into a fun and easy bike ride for the entire family. Being a train rail the trail is a 2% grade and you start at the top and ride downhill the entire way. Some make it a bit more challenging by riding back up, we didn't do that but I did think about it. Should have, when you get to the last pictures you will see why I say that:) This picture is the beginning of the ride, right ahead is the start of a 1.8 mile long tunnel, pitch dark, water dripping down from the top, and full of mud! It was fun but VERY cold way to start the ride.
Me at one of the first tressels overlooking some great scenery. We really do live in such a great part of the country!
The view coming out of a tunnel.
A family rides out of the tunnel pictured above.
Mom and Dad
Everyone:my uncle Doug, aunt Alice, uncle Oly, aunt Sharon, Mom, Dad, Uncle Alan, Me, aunt Diana 
A great shot of my cross bike with a great back drop!!!!
The pre-ride meeting. I thought we only had to do that at races:) 
Dad and me.
Mom and me.
Loading up the bikes for the shuttle ride back to the cars.
Okay, so this picture may look a bit out of place. However, its not. This guy hit our bus on the shuttle ride back up the mountain. He was out getting firewood and came flying around this corner and hit us in the bus pretty much head on. Our driver saw him coming, stopped, but the guy was coming so fast he couldn't stop. We were on a narrow forest service road and there was no where for him to go but up the embankment and into our front end.
We ended up having to call the head guy of the Hiawatha Trail, the police and all other buses to alert them that they would have to try and squeak by us on this corner. We ended up waiting over an hour then the boss said go ahead because the police were unable to get there for who knows how much longer. They took all of our names address, and phone numbers along with a statement and then got us on our way. Now you see why I should have just rode back up to the top. I probably would have got to the top before the bus and would have had a decent workout! Oh well, now I have this story to tell:)
The damage to the bus was minimal, a few scratches, the truck however didn't fare so well. That's some expensive firewood that guy went up into the woods to get.
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