HTX Bicycle Tour Day #2

I slept on an air mattress that had a hole in it so by the time morning came I felt like I was sleeping in a hammock.  I first heard Henry scream around 6am and the kids first came to find me around 6:30.  Luckily Amelia still gives me 5 minutes when I ask for it so I got a bit of extra rest...but when Henry came in it was time to get moving!

We repacked all the panniers and I carried the bikes downstairs.  It's amazing how much you need to take care of a couple kids.  Strategically packing it into limited space makes you fully aware.  After putting our poor host's apartment back the way we found it, he came by and we talked for a while before saying our goodbyes and heading out again.  Transient life.

It felt good to be back on the street again.  We set Henry on the sidewalk while we attached the trailer and hitched the panniers.  I think seeing him sitting there was my favorite moments of the whole weekend.

We had breakfast at Coco Crepes just a block away and started outside but the weather started to turn so we made our way out of the rain.  There were only 2 person tables so we had to tag team it.  I took breakfast with Amelia and Kim fed Henry at a table next to the dessert counter.  Once I finished half our crepe I swapped with Kim and took over feeding the kraken.  It was a nice breakfast…everything was running smoothly this morning.

When done we went out into the rain, loaded the kids and headed into downtown.  Downtown in the morning is always interesting to me.  There is an overwhelming amount of evidence of people but nobody for miles!  We made it to the Metrorail station at Liberty and took shelter from the rain while waiting on the train.

As it drew near we lined up and made a game plan for loading.  I had a bike and a trailer to fit in there and Kim took her bike and Amelia.  Amelia got into the marching formation and when we went for it, I swear we got into the train in under 4 seconds.  It was flawless.

We took the North/South train all the way up to the Lindale Park stop and rode a couple blocks to Liz and DK’s.  It felt so easy this morning!

The rest of the afternoon we lounged around Graceland, watched McFarland USA and ate Pizza/chips/guacamole.  It was really nice, especially since we haven’t spent the afternoon there in quite some time.

Around 4pm DK gave us a ride home.  All four of us were dozing off at one time or another!  The crazy weekend finally caught up with us!

Once home I’m not even sure if we had dinner.  We just passed out. 

All up I wish we could have taken a bus home to finish out the weekend unsupported, but maybe the lesson here is sometimes you have to ask for help.  It was appreciated.