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• Biking with kids

  Great article! We are just getting started bike touring again now that we have two kids (3 and 11months). We took our eldest on a 600 mile tour around Oregon when he was 10 months old. Bike camping is the best! You get to see, smell, taste everything and have the time to watch the world go by. These trips will probably be the best memories our children will remember growing up. What a wonderful gift to share with them!
  
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  Posted by Elle Bustmante March 09, 2012 22:01:22

• On Our List

  Bike camping is now on our family list of something we want to take on! I agree with Melinder-- inspiring. And now, also, I am excited to read about Gina's adventures with her sons too.
  
  Kathleen-- I love that you took on the trip while solo parenting. You get extra kudos for that, in my book.
  
  Also, I think it is amazing that Gina does separate bike trips with her two sons. Not sure I could pull this off with my three, but I love the idea of the ULTIMATE "mommy date!"

  Posted by sara August 01, 2011 12:53:49

• Inspiring!

  Great tips, intrepid family and well written. Thanks for the inspiration!

  Posted by Melinder July 26, 2011 13:58:59

• Bike trips with the kids

  For each of the past 5 or so summers, I've taken each of my 2 sons on a separate bike trip. Sometimes we leave from home, last summer we tackled the Eastern Townships in Quebec. They love the adventure, and we get to spend the kind of time together that doesn't happen during the school year. We talk, sit around the fire, tell stories going up hills, stop for ice cream.
  
  We get to know each other again. All year we look forward to these trips. They've become part of who we are and what we do.
  
  Gina
  www.pedalparadise.wordpress.com

  Posted by Gina July 26, 2011 13:06:02