TrilliumTrail Reversal

The picture below shows Sandy Bottom--it's a park (That's Nels' joke.) When we were there this weekend our bottoms did not get sandy, but they did get sore. This is because we went biking for a long time over bumpy trails. (This is also Nels' joke. haha, I hope you're laughing.) My version: This last weekend we took our bikes to Sandy Bottom Park. It's a pretty place with some lakes, trees and trails. (Nels said I needed to be more creative, so he wrote the above and helped me with the rest.)

We were enjoying our pleasant bike ride around the lake and through the trees when we biked into this...

Even where it looks dry, it's not. The leaves camouflaged the cold, watery, mush trap below, which grabbed a hold of our tires, making it impossible to ride. So after Nels trudged through, I did my best to follow in his footsteps. Water leaked through our shoes and splashed on our clothes. Weeds with thorns pricked and cut at our legs. Oh the agony. haha. But we survived and after venturing a few 100 feet into the mess we got our brains rechecked and backed out of there on foot, dragging our bikes beside us. Once we got on solid ground, we continued biking until we reached an overlook tower. We parked our bikes and ate lunch overlooking our conquered trail.
This is us, after we had some much needed blood sugar or food.

The reason the title is Trillium Trail Reversal is because the name of the bike trail was named Trillium and reversal because we had to turn around. (just in case you didn't get it. :)

We made it safely back home, exhausted, sore, but not sandy.