500 Miles in 15 Days, Tandem Bike with 2 Children in the Bicycle Trailer...

Do you want to read a story of one very active family...

"Months of planning and physical training had gone into this moment, and now it was time for us to put our plan into action. That plan was for my entire family to spend 15 days bicycle touring through the tidewater regions of North Carolina and Virginia, ending our trip at my parents' home in Fredericksburg, Va. Along the way, we would visit sandy beaches in North Carolina and historic towns in Virginia and at the end we would have a happy reunion with my parents and sisters.

The complicating factor in this plan - and the factor that had my heart racing - was that Kathy and I had never tried bicycle touring with our two children before. In fact, we'd only recently had two children. Our son Daniel was barely 3 years old and our daughter Maggie was just 4 months.

I had been dreaming about and planning this trip before Maggie was even born. But as I looked around at our tandem bicycle; our child bicycle trailer and our heaping piles of food, clothing, diapers, toys, children books and camping gear, my main thought was, "Can we really do this? How are we going to fit all this stuff on our bicycle? And how are we going to pedal that heavy bike for 500 miles?"

Near-panic can be a great motivator. We had already returned our rental car, so there was no turning back. After an hour of cramming supplies into sacks and attaching those sacks to our bike with an abundance of bungee cords, we had finished loading our bicycle. Our children were in the bicycle trailer, surrounded by bags of bagels and fruit.

We pedaled out of town as fast as we could, which was not very fast, and arrived at a national forest campground at dusk. We barely had time to cook our dinner before a thunderstorm broke loose, so we ate in our tiny tent, listening to the thunder and the pouring rain.

As I lay on my back with sweat rolling off my forehead, I thought back through the emotions of the day: the tense excitement of starting a vacation, the teamwork needed to reach our destination, the togetherness of eating a family dinner in our tent, the stress of getting our children to sleep, and the quiet peacefulness of the forest. That’s when I began to realize that our little family adventure was going to be a complete experience – a time of emotional highs and lows. Indeed, the rest our trip was a combination of physical exertion, happy playtimes and frustrating challenges. Put together, it was an incredible experience with many vivid memories."

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Shopping for SAFE Toys

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Baby Planner Helps to Choose a Baby Stroller, Bassinet...

According to the IABPP, "A baby planner is an objective, educated, and supportive woman (or man) who determines the types of services and products that are essential throughout a client's pregnancy. A baby planner customizes their services to suit their client's specific needs, and is committed to empowering their clients by showing them all their many options during pregnancy and beyond."
The current main stream definition of a baby planner "is a professional consultant who is paid to assist expectant parents with some or all of the overwhelming tasks of preparing for their baby's (or babies') arrival such as researching baby products like strollers and bassinets, nursery planning, home baby proofing, baby shower/baby registry planning, interviewing nannies and midwives, and even shopping for maternity clothes."

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Bread Delivery in a Bicycle Trailer?

Special bread delivery!

I wrote a lot about bicycle trailers and many benefits for parents and kids. Are you ready for next one?

Aviv Fried (pronounced Freed) is the 36-year-old self-trained baker behind Peasant Artisan Bread, an artisan-style bread company that works from a commercial kitchen in the southwest.

Every week, he sends out an e-mail list with his current offerings, and every week, people call or e-mail in their orders. One week, he may make cheese bread or sesame and sunflower; another week, it could be a hearty whole wheat sour dough, perhaps made with flour ground from rare Red Fife organic wheat.

Indeed, all of Fried's loaves are organic, made primarily with grain he buys from Grainworks near Vulcan, south of Calgary.

Born and raised in Israel, Fried moved to Canada 10 years ago with his girlfriend, a filmmaker, after travelling the world. A biomedical engineer by training, he completed a master's degree at the University of Calgary. Then, after graduation, he accepted a job in Toronto's banking industry.

And the bike? "I'm trying to be part of the solution, not the problem, and the environment is a big part of healthy food," he says.


It is another way to use a bicycle trailer, not only for your kids to have fun. Bicycle trailers have many useful benefits!

I just wanted to share with you that article I read lately.
Isn't a good idea?

Santa on the Bike with a Bicycle Trailer?

Kids in the North East hoping for a glimpse of Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer this Christmas may be in for a surprise , with eco-friendly online retailer, who is getting Santa on his bike to deliver presents around Newcastle and Gateshead.

The same-day delivery service has been launched to ensure that shoppers get their Christmas gifts on time, while minimising carbon emissions and their impact on the environment using a specially-designed Ute bike supplied by The Kona Bicycle Company.

This is happening in England!
Maybe can happen in US next Christmas?
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Bicycle Trailers Get Ready for Toys For Tots Ride

Attention Tucson Residents!!!

Join the Toys for Tots ride, a fantastic event promising to be both fun-filled and charitable, this Saturday, December 5th in Tucson. Bicyclists of all ages will participate in a toy collection and bike ride. Riders must bring at least one new toy to donate to Toys for Tots, construct a way to keep the toys aboard themselves or their bike during the ride and if motivated to do so, arrive with their bicycles decorated for the holidays. Members of GABA (Greater Arizona Bicycling Associate) have organized this event. Two rides will be held, one for more advanced cyclists will begin at Udall Park at 8:30 with a round trip route of 30-35 miles; and another more family oriented ride will begin at McCormick Park at 9:30 for a 10 mile round trip ride. Both rides will end at the Reid Park Zoo, where participants donate their toys to the big red box, and receive FREE admission into the zoo
Riders in both groups will be committed to staying together and arriving at the zoo together. Typically two groups will form in each ride, with riders often regrouping to find the pace that feels most comfortable. No one is left behind! Consider hitching your tandem, kids bicycle trailer, or child’s bike seat to your bicycle and join in the fun. If your child is catching a ride on, or attached to, your bike, remember to include a toy donation from each of you. Pre-registration is not required, just show up early enough to sign in and get your family and your bicycle ready for the ride. For more information check out the GABA website or contact Pam Cullop at pam@bikegaba.org , 290-4321 or 271-6678.

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Bike Barn for Bikes and Bicycle Trailers In Cape Henlopen Park

If you live close to Cape Henlopen State Park or you are planning to visit the park you may like the latest news regarding the park and the new bike barn for bicycles, bicycle trailers and more...

Now, the 10-year-old popular program has a new home, with room for growth, thanks to those same volunteers.

Members of the Friends of Cape Henlopen State Park recently finished work on a bike barn, a 16-foot-by-24-foot shed that holds bicycles, kiddie trailers, bicycle trailers, and helmets ready to be used by the thousands of people who flock to the coastal park each year.

"It's a very nice ride around the park -- it gives everybody a chance to see the park that they wouldn't by just walking," said Jim Noles, a board member of the Friends group. The park has three miles of paved bike trails, in a loop.

The barn replaces a smaller structure that has housed the bikes for several years. The old shed is being used by the nature center staff for storage.

It will give the program room to expand as more bikes are donated, holding up to 40 bikes, as well as space to maintain them and store parts, Noles said.

"Also, it has to be more convenient for the public to be able to get to the bikes," Noles said.

The bike barn took the volunteers about two weeks to build.

The program is funded through donations -- about $1,000 a year -- and operated by volunteers.

Cyclists can sign the bikes out at the Seaside Nature Center for two-hour blocks.

The program began with 15 basic bikes, with coaster brakes and no gears. Used bikes have gradually been donated, bikes and pull-behind trailers for infants and toddlers, bicycle trailers.

Park visitors take more than 6,000 bike rides a year, with an average of 1,000 a month during the peak of the summer season. That volume means more maintenance on the bikes, which requires more space.

The bike program is just one of the Friends' many efforts on behalf of the park. Planning is under way for a playground there, which will expand each year, Noles said.


That's great idea, hopefully more of them will appear near us.

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