A Weekend of Bike Rides

With the kids finishing up school we had to treat them to Sushi Train. They picked the downtown location, which meant a family bike ride. Theo asked why we don't go to this location anymore. The other location is more convenient but we agreed to go the one downtown this time.

I swear we did in fact eat sushi.

We seem to always miss strawberry picking season. This year I was determined to go. Afton Apple was the first place I found that was open for the season.

One of their old fields that they were ready to retire was producing a lot of fruit this year.

Luckily today turned out to be a cooler day.

I treated the kids to strawberry shakes.

Then we drove over to Prescott to pick up some food for lunch and ate at Point Douglas Park.

Then we did some hiking at Carpenter Nature Center to do some geocaching.

Later Scott and I bike through some rain to Northeast to go to the soon to be closing Bauhaus one last time.

Gonna miss you Bauhaus.

In the morning I treated the kids to crepes.

Another day and another bike ride to downtown. This time to the Mill City Farmers Market.

Theo rode on the cargo bike this time around instead of the tag along.

Getting to downtown isn't the easiest from our house. That is until the two way bike lane on First Avenue officially opens.

We passed a few of my Minneapolis favorites.

Apparently the Mill City Famers Market is the place to be seen on a Saturday morning.

We got a few things, I was hoping for more. The kids spotted their favorite popsicle stand.

Since we were down here we decided to check out the Guthrie Theater and its endless bridge.

Since we had bought eggs and didn't bring a cooler we stopped at Trader Joe's for frozen fruit and other snacks.

Still Theo's favorite toy.

That was a good weekend.

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