A day for a ride

Today we went and got Bikes and went for a ride. The weather was perfect and we needed the exercise. We can both also ride our bikes to work from our house, so this will help us save money and miles. 

This is a picture of us at Oak Park. It is about 2 miles downhill from our house. Siri isnt very good at directions if she thinks you are walking and you are going biking speed, so we got 'lost' and rerouted several times, making it over a 3 mile ride to get there. Then, as we were riding through the park, the chain on Michaels bike broke! Luckily we could phone a friend or that would have been one sad 3 mile hike uphill to get back home.

After returning the bike and exchanging it for a new one, Michael wanted to go on another ride. (He was pretty excited) So we biked back down to Oak Park (we found the shorter way this time) and then around through town. About the time we got to town the bike seats and lack of exercise was starting to wear on us, so we headed home. Unfortunately it was all Uphill to get home. Being already 7+ miles in to our adventure I was very tired and sore and had to take many, many breaks on the way back. Who knew I was so out of shape. It took almost an hour to finish that last mile home, and at one point I told Michael he would have to leave me behind and I was just going to stay there for awhile. lol. He motivated me to push through by talking about all the food options we could have for dinner f I could get my butt home before 10pm. Haha We finally did make it. And we settled on Mexican Food. All in all it was a great little adventure, and it is nice to have something to do besides just sit at home all day on our days off. Also, you learn a lot about your spouse by working out together. He learned I hate to work out and my inner fat kid gets kind of mean when Im hungry.