Summer outings with Jaydon

In addition to our Everybody Bikes outings, we have enjoyed several little adventures with Jaydon this summer. About a seven minute drive from home brings us to Meadowdale Park which has a mile and a quarter trail down to the beach. Jaydon's little legs walked almost all of that distance to the beach, and then continued through the train tunnel, onto the sandy shoreline, down to the water's edge, and in and around some tide pools. He did need to be carried back up (and it is up) the trail as those legs were spent!

All I said was that I "should" try to do more shopping and errands by bike. That gave Susan a good reason to pursue and complete a project. She rigged up this Rubbermaid tote onto our existing Bike Friday trailer frame so that I would have no excuse to not do shopping by bike!

We took Jaydon in his beloved "chariot" for our first "tote" shopping outing and stopped along the way for a visit with the giraffes. He is loving giraffes lately and this was a highlight for him -- after coming to terms with the enormous size of the mama. Every time we have driven nearby these giraffe sculptures he has been sure to point out to us that they are coming up, but once in touching distance of them, the size was a little intimidating. He liked them once he was introduced and familiar with them.

Northwest Trek is about a two hour drive from home, and Susan has especially wanted to take Jaydon to this wild animal park for the tram ride through the forest to see the many different animals in a natural habitat. An hour is a long time for a 23 month old to maintain interest in anything, add in sitting in a tram for that amount of time, and that is asking a LOT! Though restless and a little "antsy", Jaydon was a real trooper and attended as well as he was able. And we all enjoyed our day with him.