Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Borkum Biking

We all enjoy biking quite  a lot and one of the appeals of our Borkum holidays is that the island has lots of nice bike trails, none of which are too challenging for Liam. 

DSC_1953

We rented bikes and a hanger for Henrik to ride along and set out on a nice ride around the island.  We did a nice route that took us first through the town and along the old dyke, then out through the northern dunes to the inland coast side of the island.  We were also using this chance as a test opportunity for Liam to try out some “big boy” bikes before his birthday. 

DSC_1964

Henrik had such a nice time riding in the wagon that I scoured ebay for a used one of these when we returned home.  I can’t say enough nice things about these bike trailers for kids.  I find them so much better than the kids bike seats that are perched on the back of your bike.  Trailers are stable, easy to pull, comfortable and give you some handy storage space to bring along things like snacks, diaper bags, extra sweaters and rain gear…  The only negative is that they are pretty expensive and you will need to do a good amount of biking if you want them to demonstrate some value. 

DSC_1959

One last photo with nothing to do with bike rides is this fun one of Henrik investigating the source of the music.  Liam had been obsessively playing the Star Wars soundtrack while we were on vacation and Henrik was not really used to a stereo and speakers.  He was digging deep to figure out what was going on in there….

 

DSC_1950

No comments: