Almost Gave Up

I had planned on a longer bike ride today. Well, originally it was going to be either Saturday or Sunday. I didn’t do it yesterday. So, today it was! 🙂

I was going to just go around here. But, I still hadn’t made it back to do the bike trail after I had to leave early because I locked a house that should have been unlocked. So, I loaded my bike in to Melvin, the minivan, and I was off!

Now, I noticed when loading the bike that the tires were low. There was a gas station close to the place I was parking at. So I would just get air there. Except I was on the phone and forgot. I got the bike out of the van and biked ten minutes in one direction before I noticed my tires. I thought I was just feeling weak, it was harder to peddle. ugh.

So I turned around, biked back, loaded the bike, and went to get air. I thought about just going home. I got twenty minutes of riding in. That’s not fantastic, but it is something, right?

Then I thought, no. No. NO! I wanted to do this silly trail! So, I got the air, loaded the bike back in the van, drove back, parked the van, got the bike out, and took off!

Tonight I am thankful for going back and biking some more! Fourteen (ish) miles. I saw two deer, a turtle, a snake, a groundhog, and a variety of birds. It was a beautiful day! And it was a great ride!