So it was out with the Big Dummy and down from the loft came the good German sled, dusted off, hooked up and off we went. We did a few miles around the local roads and laneways playing as we went. Hoping to make the most of it before any traffic mushed it up. A nice time to ride, Sunday morning quiet, the snow seems to make it even quieter. Then we headed back home and picked up mum and the dog and went back out. I just kept riding the Dummy sometimes with the boy on the back and sometimes enjoying the lightness without him :) It was pretty nice out, quite cold and a good bit of snow coming down on our way home, but now I was getting a bit wetter and the snow wasn't lying as crisp as it was earlier and it was making things a bit slushy once a car or two had been on it.
We headed home to warm up, dry out and have a bit of lunch.
After lunch and a bit of snowman building in the back yard and with the weather becoming sunny though without much real heat, Caleb and I headed back out but this time solo, Caleb on his Frog and myself on the Pugsley. The temp was up slightly and clearly the nice snow from the morning was slowly receding and turning slushy and wet on the road outside the house. So we needed to make the most of it and spent our time looking for laneways and tracks that were still snowy and unslushed by any traffic. Caleb had a ball despite not taking his gloves and also being on his semi slick tyres. He did really well, managing some thick boggy stuff as well as some really icy patches. He only had one small off and that was just when he was coming to a stop and the front wheel went away from him sideways and he just sort of lost balance, though I do admit I was worried about him coming off as he was speeding down the laneway through all the slush and ice, but he was fine, my nerves not so much :)
Not many miles at all but just a good family day playing in the snow. Due to being right on the coast we don't often get much so we try to make the most of it when we do.
Jamie
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