Wow! I Wanna Bike Across America, Too

Mom has been too busy lately to even download the pictures of me from her camera, so I've been stuck with a lack of visual material for my blog. Not that I've been twiddling my thumbs -- far from it.

In the last few days, for example, I have:

• Gotten two scraped knees and a cut under my chin from falling off a playground bar. Mom, Dad, Papaw and Nannie conferred about whether I needed stitches and concluded if they weren't certain, I probably didn't need them.
• Assisted Mom with the balloon pump as she visited two classes at my playschool and made animal balloons for all the kids. Did I mention she was in her "Flora" clown costume? I wish I had my own red nose.
• Scored a bagful of Thomas the Train engines and cars from the thrift shop. Ten pieces for $2. Mom said that was a DEAL. I just like the way they attach with magnets and roll around my new railroad track.
• Cheered on runners at the Rhody Run, where my friend Noah's dad placed 10th overall. Way to go, Daddy Craig! We celebrated with a potluck at Noah's house and yummy burgers. Meat, mmm.
• Tested out my new bed, a big-boy crib with a cool tent over the top. Papaw and Nannie helped "rearrange the nursery" as they called it, while they were visiting mid-week. My Pack-n-Play is still set up, and some nights I sleep in it, but I've been napping in my crib. Mom says it's time to make the switch soon. I do like that I have more room to stretch out my legs.

OK, back to the subject of this post, and my borrowed visual aid. It's the blog of some really nice cross-country bicyclists I met about 10 days ago. Their names are Dick and Arlete and they were just starting a bike ride across the U.S., even though they are about my grandparents' age.

I understand this is a long way. A long, long way. I didn't know you could bike that far, but I guess people do it all the time. Even families with kids. (Hint, hint, Mom & Dad -- I could ride in the new trailer.)

Dick and Arlete tell the story rather well of meeting us through my Nannie and Papaw (who are signed up as Warm Showers hosts for touring bicyclists like them), so I'll just let them tell it.

Start with this May 5 entry, then read the next few "newer posts" by clicking the tiny link at the very bottom left of the page. Can you find my photo?