Morton Arboretum Babcia goes Bicycling 9-12-07updated

I had the day off of work, and Suzia's kids had only a half day of school today. SOooooooo, I went to take them to The Morton Arboretum for a day of fun & bicycling. I had emptied the van of chairs and folded the couch. Put my bicycle in there and then went to get their bicycles to put in also. Had lunch first when they got home from school. Packed a snack pack and then the bikes. Suzia drove her van with the kids I had all the bikes. Wednesday was discount day at the Arboretum, good choice, point one for me.

When we arrived, parked in the parking lot then unloaded all the bikes and connected the burley (a little covered wagon for one or 2 small children that connects to the bicycle- Suzia's). Everyone had a bike, Ela, Jula, Stevie, Suzia and myself. Stevie's had training wheels still, well he is only 4 1/2. We got on the bike trails, we found a lot of up and down roads, good for the legs, (Yeah right, I was really looking forward to doing leg exercises today). I will really sleep tonight, so will the kids. We drove the bikes for a good hour or more. Then we went to the Childrens Garden section and the Arbovitea Maze. What fun, plenty of things to climb on and in and out of.....Saw plenty of things that kept the kids interested in, they kept looking to see what would be around the next corner or part of the park. We could have used more than the 2 hours that we had in there. They were closing the grounds at 5:00 so we had to start packing up to get out of there.

When we got home I think pretty much everyone was tired and glad to get home.

The weather was PERFECT not too hot or too cold. The sun really warmed up the day, the temps were predicted only in the low 60's, but that was great.

Tomorrow is another day with the other 3 grandkids Maddie, Stevie and Lily,.......what will I be doing with them? Tune in......