The following pictures have a funny story
that you would never guess just by looking at them.

One summer day, the year before last, a mother got really greedy
and decided that her family could ride their bikes
farther then ever before.

She wanted to make it from home to the nearby waterfalls.
It was only 16.5 miles round-trip.

Every family member, but her, complained the whole way.
The mom didn’t understand, she was having the time of her life.
Even the oldest daughter who was used to running all the time seemed to hate every minute.

At mile 6.5, (1.7 shy of their destiny) the mom cut her losses
and finally told everyone they could turn back.
The mother was so disappointed. The father was almost dead.
The kids vowed to never ride again.
But, to this day, all but the mom
are still all heard to brag of that long family ride
a few summers back.
(The mom is still waiting for the family conquer expedition.)

They still ride together as a family often
but never ever more then ten miles at a time.
The mom now sticks to the long distances by herself.

The moral of the story:
Sixteen miles for one person might be a piece of cake,
but just because you are that person
it doesn’t mean that you can automatically
expect your family to be as capable.

The other thing that we learned:
Together time is the best time to make memories,
even if everyone is in physical pain.