I keep telling Adam that Jasmine is my new biking buddy and that she'll go on some weekend bike trips with me this year. He didn't believe that I would ever take her on any real bike rides though.
Yesterday, after walking Jack and taking Bear on a shorter (2.5 mile) ride, we drove out to the bike path in Boise out to Lucky Peak Dam. I showed it to the Mendozas when they were out here. We started 5 miles from where the bike trail ends so we could do 10 miles.
It was super cold out, 32 degrees so I was bundled in lots of clothes. I left my biking shoes at home and wore my hiking boots. That was much warmer for my toes. I hooked Jasmines trailer up to the bike and off we went. I let Jasmine do far more running than I planned on. It was our first ride with the trailer though and I didn't want her to hate it because she had to spend too much time in it. I only towed her 3-4 miles throughout the entire ride. She kept surprising me with all the energy she had!
There were some mishaps. She jumped out of the trailer while I was moving. I now close the front screen. She pulled us over trying to get to a beagle. It's very odd for her to react to another dog like that. I don't know what got into her. Other than those two things though, I really had a good time. And I know Jasmine did too. She slept on the drive home and except for eating dinner, she slept pretty much all evening as well.
4 comments:
Wow, Tiff! That is great! Looks like you had a great time overall and will do it again.
Hey Tiff, I left a post on my blog too, but I was wondering about your trailer, how do you like it? I need to read more dog touring blogs, I guess I never really thought there would be resources out there!
Cool bike trailer. Is that one made for dogs? I have only ever seen the ones that are made for children! I was just wondering if maybe that was made for kids but you used it for your dogs. I don't see why you couldn't!
Thanks, Ally. Yeah, this is a dog trailer. The biggest differences from a kid trailer is that is has a firm floor, a back door for easy loading and instead of seatbelts, it has rings to leash your dog in and the shape. Of course, I could use a kid trailer if I put in a stiff floor and took out the seats which usually means cutting them out. Too much work.
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