Feels Like Cheating

We got up early this morning.  We put the bike rack on the car.  Loaded 2 bikes.  Our friend Chris came over and we loaded the other 2 bikes in the back of her truck with her bike.  We went to Subway and got sandwiches.  Then we drove to Sacramento.  We got out at the American River Parkway.  We first rode through Old Town Sacramento and saw booths--one on the Mormon Battalion.  We tasted Sarsaparilla.
Then we got on the trail.

 It was a beautiful trail.  We rode along by the water in some places. 

We saw turtles,  river otters, herons, cranes and squirrels. 

We pick blackberries and snacked.  We visited along the way.  We rode about 12 miles as close as I could figure.

We ate our sandwiches and came home.  It was a good day. 

Felt like cheating on Ian  to do something as a family we never could've done if he were here.   Never would've done.