Mountain Bike Park

 When we were taking Tessa's birthday pictures we found a Mountain Bike Park at Timpanogos Park. We thought it looked fun and wanted to try it out. I decided to keep Damon home from school on Monday because he had a cold. He felt fine, but I was worried about him sneezing and sharing germs with the other kids. Since he felt fine, and it was the last day of warm weather on the forecast, we took our bikes up the canyon and tried out the trails.

We had the park to ourselves, and so we could just go back and forth on the easiest trail. We had a great time, and Damon got pretty comfortable with all the hills.

We wanted to go back again when Tessa got home. (Rockwell had gone home with friends after school. He'll have to try it out the next time it's warm again.) When we went back that afternoon there were a few other groups of people there, so we had to follow the directions on the trails, which made for more challenging hills and turns. Since Damon had gotten time that morning to get comfortable, he had no problem with the new trails. He seriously rocked it! It was adorable.

He would go ahead on his own and just check in with me whenever he passed us. He had such a blast. Tessa was nervous for the first bit. We took it real slow and walked the trails a few times so she could know what to expect. She eventually felt comfortable riding, and loved it when she got the hang of it. I loved watching her stick with it and overcome her fear. We stayed until it was almost dark and we were all sad to leave. We'll definitely be going back in the spring!