Round Lake Biking

Saturday
Due to a severe boil on my butt, (don't ask-don't tell) I didn’t really do anything today. Just relaxed out of the 100F degree heat.

Hubby worked at the shop for a while, then came home to rest around 1pm. He still looked like he had a bit of heat-stroke. I made sure that he drank lots of water.

We watched Aeon Flux, Underworld, & UltraViolet. Obviously, it was a science-fiction marathon.

Went to bed early for our bike ride tomorrow morning early.

Sunday
As it was predicted to be over 100F degrees today, we got up very early & packed up our bikes along with all the other stuff-so that we could go to Round Lake to ride the trail there.

Along the way there, we unfortunately saw two dead deer. One was even a little baby that had not even gotten rid of its spots. Poor little things. I sure wish that people would slow down and be more cautious on the roads.

Once we got to Round Lake State Park, we unloaded bikes. Got the dog on a leash and set off for our ride. It started out as a very wide trail with soft, cushy undergrowth on the trail with old growth cedars. Then after going across a bridge and through the marsh with very lovely lily pads, it opened up to an off-road trail. This trail went for quite a ways until we saw a sign that detoured us by the lakeside. Taking this trail was a mistake. We had to release the dog from her leash as it was too severe to continue with her. We let her walk by herself and she did quite well in scoping out the upcoming path, then coming back to check on us! It was too rough and on a side-hill which was too steep for the bikes. We had to push the bikes most of the way. I even fell down once it was so sharply inclined. When we finally came to a fork in the trail, it joined up with a gentler, better trail.

Finally arriving around the lake where we had started from, we stopped to refresh with lots of water & washed the dog’s feet. She had stepped into many mud puddle pies…

We continued up to Sandpoint for a visit to Wally-Mart. Got a life-preserver vest for the dog in case we want to take her with us on a canoe ride; also got groceries. Stopped afterwards at Arby’s for their 5 for $5.95 special. Got Isabelle Arby Melt sandwiches. She deserved a treat for being such a good trail dog. We also got Starbuck’s lattes on the way home. Already at 11:00 the heat was 91F degrees. Thank goodness I had left the swamp cooler running when we left this morning. It was nice & cool in the house when we got back.

The guys that borrowed the trailer to take their custom car to sell at Hot August Nights in Reno, Nevada brought it back today. They had a slight accident with it, so had to repair it before they returned it.

We made SPECIAL RESERVATIONS for a neat place during our trip to Portland, Oregon at the end of September, 2008 with Kelsey. Sure hope she likes it. This will be so neat to have our baby back for a visit. Tho, we will truly miss Matty-pie being here with her.