We were pretty excited! Dennis was happy. It was a very cool morning for mid July. And, we hadn't been mountain biking in a long time. 
Here is a quick overview of what we encountered.
- Steep hill (down) with loose gravel.
- a mile long sand pit trail... we had to walk it.
- a dozen or so fallen trees in our path.
- I fell in the mud.
- a gillion mosquitoes that ate me alive.
- Buster and Bruno found 3 wild turkeys.
- Bruno ran away.
- I continued on to the car with the trailer and Buster while Ryan did the whole trail 2 more times looking for Bruno.
- I had to pull the bike and trailer up the steep hill mentioned before (and only made it half way before I thought I was going to die of exhaustion).
- Ryan saved me while I was hyperventilating and preparing for my death.
- I went home to make fliers for our missing dog.
- Came back to the park.
- Ryan finally found Bruno standing on the path 1.5 hours later.
I think everyone enjoyed it but me.
Ryan: "This is so fun!"
Dennis: "weee"
Buster: "ruff ruff"
Bruno: "woof woof"
Me: "I hate this!"
I think its time to invest in a road bike.
Lessons I learned:
- don't take a baby trailer on a trail that you haven't ridden before.
- turn around at the first obstacle... don't assume that it will be better after.
- dogs... will be dogs...
- don't take me along.
And, Ryan still thinks that I had fun?
