Day 14: Sat, 6/25: Durango, CO

Day 14:  Saturday, 6/25: Durango, Co:  Biking the paved bike path along the Animas River and BMX course

We parked at Santa Rita Park in Durango and then rode our bikes south along the beautiful Animas River on the paved bike trail.  The views were great of the valley walls and the river.   After going about a mile, we came across a large free BMX bike park right next to the bike path. There were huge berms, jumps, bumps, etc.  All four of us had so much fun for about 1.5 hours riding this dirt track.   We would try to jump and race each other.  This was the highlight of our day.  We were hot and exhausted after hard riding at 6500 feet above sea level.  We then rode north to the kayak park that is on the river and enjoyed watching the white water rafts, stand up paddleboarders and surfers all take their turns on the rapids.  It was really fun sitting by the pretty river watching all the local adventurers play in the 40 degree rapids.   We wish we had a river near our house to play in—the LA River just doesn’t quite cut it!  After lunch in the campground, we played tetherball and horseshoes until it started raining hard.  Andrea may have had the worst horseshoe toss ever.  Somehow the horseshoe got stuck in her hand so when she threw it, it went almost straight up in the air.  We all laughed—including some other campers who were watching nearby--because it didn’t even go half way to the post she was aiming for (it went higher than it went horizontally J).  Later, we cooked dinner and played Spades again.  It was the mellowest of our days so far but a lot of fun in the BMX park and along the river.

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Mom getting some air racing Sarah after coming out of the big berm and the 3rd jump.  Gnarly!

The race is on!!!