Day Three (Final Camp of the Summer):
The crew was back in action today in what ended up being a very memorable day of seven miles of mountain biking. We knew that we were going to get rained on but the question was how much and how hard.
Another special shout out to a father of one of the riders who joined us, Scott Hildebrand. He's an avid mountain biker so it was great to have him help out and ride with us for a little bit this morning.
We began the day exploring some of the familiar obstacles that the riders confidently attempted or you could hear them excitedly say "I did it!" It's always good to hear the riders get pumped up or hearing that surprised sound in their voice when they accomplish something they weren't 100% positive that they were going to do.
After our free ride we had all of the riders take part in a friendly short track timed challenge. After four of the riders started their trial, the rain arrived, soaking everyone completely (Also, one of the reasons we did not have a lot of pictures for the blog today). Without skipping a beat the racers continued to ride and the bikers that finished greeted the others with a clamor of motivation. Once all of the racers had completed their rain soaked laps, we gathered and discussed a game plan for heading to our final stop for ice cream.
We like to always end the week on a high note where the kids can continue to hang out and talk about the different aspects of biking that they enjoyed. I'm certain today will be a day that the riders will not forget and we will not forget how great of a camp it was this week with the group of 14 bikers.
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