Will bike for ice cream

I fear our summer days are numbered - while this week is suppose to be ridiculously hot I don't think we have many more of them. Fall and eventually winter will be here (here is to hoping for a good long fall) will be upon us. Sunday, when the weather was gorgeous, (a bit windy but I can tolerate that) too windy to kayak, and to nice to stay inside and be productive, my husband and I made the trek up and back on the Paul Bunyan trail - it is a 110 mile trail - we rode 15 miles up and 15 miles back. We rode up to Nisswa and had waffle cones at The Chocolate Ox - I LOVE ice cream! It was a beautiful day to ride and we had a WONDERFUL trip!

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?             I seriously think my new favorite flavor of ice cream is "pirate's booty" - I initially had it on our trip up to the Apostle Islands just after our wedding and I just discovered that the Chocolate Ox also had it! It is a chocolate ice cream with m&ms and oreos in it! DELICIOUS!

New bike

I FINALLY DID IT! I got my new bike. Here are some pictures from last night's ride. It is a Trek road bike, she is a serious improvement from my bike circa 8th grade, semi cracked from the ridiculous old lady who hit me last year.

Marc & I
He is actually a serious bike rider and knows what he is doing
I am just learning the ropes

My view of my bike

The snow is FINALLY melting away

I love that we rode our bikes out to the middle of no where and were running into gravel roads

It was a wonderful ride, I need to learn how to ride with my feet clipped into my pedals, it should be fine once I get the hang of it, I am still a little slow getting in and out of them but I am catching on. My butt was a little sore after last night's ride - I actually think we only went 15 or so miles but it is a different set of muscles than I am accustom to using. I am excited about it and am up early so I can ride my bike to work today.


Do you enjoy biking?
Do you cross train in any way?
What is your favorite non running workout?