San Juan Islands Bike Trip 2012

Yours Truly is behind in posting about our summer activities and will eventually catch up but for now, I wanted to make sure to share about our most recent adventure. We had the chance to join a group from our church for a bike trip to the San Juan Islands in Washington. The trip could not have been better: great weather, fun company, and beautiful views!

Our family enjoys biking and got our share with the 20+ mile a day bike rides (with a lot of hills!). Mr. Wagner pulled the Little Miss in her "Weehoo" (recumbent tag-a-long style bike), adding about 70 extra pounds to his load. The Little Miss did pedal most of the time (at her own pace). One thing is for certain, she has a Super Dad with strong legs! I loved biking with my family and am convinced that this is a great hobby to participate in together (I can already picture Mr. Wagner and I riding a tandem bike during our retirement years!).

 We really enjoyed the group that joined us for the trip. Our Pastor is an avid mountain biker and has been biking in the San Juans several times. With the exception of the one time that a few of us got temporarily off track (a.k.a., "lost"), he did a great job leading the group. His 5th grade son (Josh) did an amazing job keeping up, even leading the group most of the time. Of course, it helped that Josh is competitive and was determined to keep up with Mr. Wagner.

We are already looking forward to doing this trip again, hopefully next summer the Lord willing!

Family Camp 2012

We continued a favorite tradition this past weekend on our annual "Family Camping Trip" with my brother and sis-in-law. My dad and step mom (Papa and Mimie) were also able to join in the tradition again this year so it was extra special. We headed to the McKenzie River area and enjoyed the beautiful outdoors together. Having grown up camping numerous weekends during the year and in every season, Yours Truly always loves camping and sure hopes we'll carry on this tradition with our girl and her future family.