26 Miles with a Strong Youngster

Today's Long Hot Trail Tracking
Our daughter Jessica and her hubby Steve and their kids Tyler and Katrien are visiting us this week.
We've been having a blast.  Today, Tuesday, the "Girls" had it all set up to go get themselves pedicured.  So "Us Men" decided to do a  men-only bike ride.  I had a street bike that suited Steve, so we just borrowed Grandson Eric's bicycle for Tyler and had a great ride.  We parked at Balloon Fiesta Park and rode down to Paseo and thence to the Bosque down all the way to Tingley Beach.  We ate some ice cream and yummy junk food and rode back.  Tyler was a trooper throughout the trip.... not bad for a strapping 9-year-old.
Tyler was funny, as usual.  This was his first experience with a multi-gear bike:  At home he rides a single-speed with coaster brakes.  He was clicking those derailleurs up and down through all the combinations almost continually.  When he's tired he can get very gripey and cranky, but he did really well on this trip.  His Dad, Steve, and I realized we might have bitten off too many miles several times when Tyler would announce "I'm ready to turn around!"  But we had mentioned there was a place to buy ICE CREAM down farther along the trail (Tingley Beach concession) and every time he said anything about turning around we'd mention:  "OK, but we'll miss the Ice Cream..." at which point Tyler would bloom with renewed enthusiasm and say "I really want to go all the way, I'm wanting Ice Cream!" and that would get him through a few more miles.  We suspected we might have to call Grandma (Jacque) and Mom (Jessica) to come rescue him, but he made it all the way down there, and surprisingly, all the way back.  He was NOT enthusiastic about any more bike riding in the days after that, claiming his Butt was still too sore.  What a guy.  We're proud of him.
Beginning Battery Voltage: 12.7                         Ending Voltage: 12.5
Ride's Lowest Temperature: 69 degrees F -- Highest Temperature: 82 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles:      26.55
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
04.9 MPH                               07.2 MPH                   22.4 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
 5 hours  27 mins                    3 hours 40 mins        1 hour  46 mins