Mickelson Trail

We took a little bike ride on the 109-mile Mickelson Trail that used to be a railroad track. This was Makenna's first "big" ride. It was a whopping 6 miles. And man, was she grouchy about it in the beginning. Makenna is such a joy to us, but she can be a pill when she wants to. Let's just say she pushed every parenting button we had. Luckily, Travis got her to laugh a mile into it and she loved the rest of the ride, as did the rest of us. Whew.

This ride was gorgeous. Seriously amazing. The trail winded through the ponderosa pines, along a creek. We just kept saying, "Wow". We rode to an old railroad tunnel and Makenna was so proud when we got there. She definitely got a little taste for that rewarding feeling of working hard to reach a goal. The tunnel was cool. We stopped at the tunnel and had some snacks and just took in the beautiful setting. Then, back we went all downhill. Ah yeah.

Makenna says that I'm a mean mom for not erasing this grouchy picture. But a mom has got do what she's got to do so that her children can later see what she had to deal with, right?