We had to leave the hotel on Friday morning, and we didn’t have anywhere to be until that evening. Dad had a short agenda to get the car washed and get haircuts for him and me. We went to Colonial Carwash, and then to Duke’s Barbershop for Men and Boys. I would say that was the perfect place for a haircut, and they even had a giant tick-tock on the wall.
Having completed Dad’s short to-do list we regrouped and decided to check out the nearby York River State Park. They had horseback riding trails and mountain biking trails. So with me in tow on the back of Daddy’s bike we all went on a mountain biking adventure. We started out with a pretty easy trail, and finished it in about 10 minutes. Then Daddy wanted to try something a little more challenging. So we started out on a pretty intense unmarked trail that probably should have been classified as a Black Diamond. Imagine this, Daddy zooming through the woods, zigzagging down ravines, flying across the edges of a leaf strewn cliffs, and dodging rocks and roots with me in the kid seat holding on to the back of his shirt and giggling away. And then Mommy, slowly coasting down the hills saying “John, I can’t believe we are doing this! Don’t you think we should turn around? How is the baby; are you sure you should be doing this with the baby?” and walking the bike up the hills and across the leaf strewn paths, carefully steering clear of roots and trees. Daddy said that she should just go fast, that it was easier that way. We did complete the whole trail and we all made it in one piece, although Daddy’s bike needed a few adjustments!
After that we treated ourselves to lunch at Wendy’s and started on the way back North.
We got to Aunt Kim and Uncle Chuck’s house at about 7, and had a delicious dinner of meatball subs. I got to play with Oliver again. It’s fun to have a dog that is my size! I liked his tennis ball and carried it around with me. Oliver seemed to want to follow me around and I couldn’t understand why? Mom said he wanted me to throw his ball, so I did and he chased it! She was proud of me that I figured out how to throw the ball. In the morning we had breakfast and then drove over to Emily and Kevin’s to FINALLY see their “new” house. We had lunch with them, played on their nearby playground, and then, way past my nap time, we hit the road again for our final stop: Phil and Holly’s house.
When we were about a mile from Phil and Holly’s house we hit a bad dip in the road which dislodged the bike rack from the car! Catastrophe! Luckilly we could pull over, get the bikes to safety, and Mom stayed with them while Dad and I went to get Phil’s truck. Mommy and the bikes were rescued, we borrowed Phil’s bike rack to get the bikes the rest of the way home, and then we visited with Phil and Holly and little Gavin for a while. He’s not so little anymore, and getting to be pretty good at sitting!
We got home late on Saturday night with our hearts full of good times with our friends and family! On Sunday I took one of the longest naps of my life while Mom and Dad watched a movie, and then, of course, it was back to reality on Monday.
That was our trip home, but lets go back another day to Thursday! We visited Yorktown, chased some more chickens, took a nap on a battlefield, and watched a cannon demonstration! That was Daddy’s favorite part of the whole trip, and boy was it loud! We also took a trolley ride around Yorktown and Mommy and Mema got massages.
You can see more pictures from our day in Yorktown HERE