Dad and Gone

One would never know that these two survived a 50 mile bike ride in Teton National Park just a few months ago. They also completed two 25 mile rides, two 15 mile rides, and two 10 mile rides. They have traveled the 25 mile loop from our house, across the I-205 bridge, along Marine Drive, and back home across the Interstate bridge at 5am (trying to avoid the 100 degree temperatures). That's why Julia and I found their reaction to their final "required" cycling trip hilarious. They finished up the last of their 3 months worth or aerobic exercise (working on Jourdan's Personal Fitness merit badge) on Saturday. For this badge, they have been cycling for 30 minutes- which is the equivalent of a 5.4 mile trip -three days a week (unless the weather is bad, then Jourdan does online aerobic exercises). Relatively speaking, this was a very short ride, but to the average observer, you might think these boys are out of shape. They came home and collapsed on the floor. They laid there for a long time catching their breath........long enough for Julia to label each of them. Although it says "brother" and "dad"; a better label might have been "dead".