Mechel's Blog

Mechel is taking Saxophone lessons, and is picking it up pretty quickly.  We have a bit to go in music theory, though.

Mechel: “What’s the lowest note on this Saxophone?”

Trish: “B flat.”

Mechel: “What’s the next note, B bumpy?”

Mechel and I rode up South Mountain this afternoon.  900’ of climbing over 13.7 miles:

  Remember Mechel, no smiling!

More or less the same scenario as last time.  Mechel didn’t bonk this time, since we had lunch at school before heading out.

Mile 12 or so:

Today I rode down to Clifton, NJ to pick up Mechel at school.  Trish had dropped him off in the morning with his new bike.

We rode about 27 miles.  Here’s the route:

…About 9 miles of it was a multi-use paved trail, so that was fun.

Here we are at mile 24 or so:

Mechel bonked at mile 19, probably because we didn’t eat before we left, which was dumb.  Thankfully we had some Clif bars with us, so once he ate he felt better.

We had a great time.  What a trooper!

Mechel and I have been doing a bit of road riding lately, and he’s outgrown his 20” Specialized Hot Rock, so we (along with Bubbie and Zaydie) bought a road bike for Mechel’s 9th birthday:

Mechel received the bike this morning, and then he rode to Rockleigh with me.  We rode the 14.8 mile course in 65 minutes, with an average speed of 13.5mph.

We decided to take off the toe clips for now:

Old Western Highway, near Blauvelt:

Here we are at the end:

Elevation and speed chart:

Hooray!

In my humble, unbiased opinion, of course.

Trish cut Mechel’s hair, and left the middle alone.  Mechel said, “look, I’m a Roman soldier,” presumably thinking of the plumage on their helmets.  I was thinking Mr. T, but he doesn’t know who that is.

Yes, Trish finished the haircut in the end.

We had a hot day and lots of friends over, so a carwash seemed like a great idea!

Here is the speed cycle!