We purchased some mountain bikes about a month ago and have been enjoying taking them out on the trails here in Austin and just around our neighborhood. We've both always enjoyed riding bikes and have rented bikes on some of our vacations. After Jarrod's sister and brother-in-law led the way with their bike purchases & our move to Austin where there are some great places to ride and where you are just not an "Austinite" if you don't have a bike, we decided to take the plunge. I'm not that coordinated to ride with my camera in hand to snap shots so here is a pic of our bikes on our new bike rack in the garage.
Jarrod's is the olive green Ironhorse on top & mine is the silver GT
We've made it out to Brushy Creek trail a few times & down to the massive trail around Town Lake downtown one time. The rest has just been meandering around the neighborhood, but if you have been to our house, you know that meandering around our neighborhood on bikes is not a breeze, it's a workout! We have quite a few good hills that can really make your legs burn! We've loved having a different activity that allows us to be outdoors! However, we also recently were forced to enjoy the outdoors in a different way -- for our first yard work day of the Spring! We had lots of work on our hands with lots of trimming to be done & weeds to pull. Needless to say we were both very sore the next day. Yard work is definitely a work out! The joys of home ownership as Jarrod says.
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