CLIMBING HILLS

It's our last day here in Gig Harbor and because rain was expected in the afternoon the bikes came out early this morning. Jim and Warren found a "great" bike trail here in the city and they set out to find  out how to get to it from our RV Park. It was just a short ride down the road to the trail head. According to Kathe, that was the only thing great about the ride. Here' a picture of the trail.

As soon as they started on the trail there was an 8% grade hill to climb, then came another and another one. Next came two more hills, both of them were 10% climbs, followed by another 8% grade. Up and down and up and down and up and down again. Kathe lost count of the number of climbs and then when they reached the end of the trail they still had to turn around and go back down and up again and again.

I think that even with the pedal assist electric bikes, everyone except Jim was worn out by the time they finally got back to camp. I know the Kathies were very glad to hang up the bikes. What was surprising was that all of the other bike riders on the trail, although much younger than my humans were climbing the hills with no help from battery power.

All that exercise tired everyone out and the rest of the day was spent reading, coloring, and napping!