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Yesterday was a long, hard ride from Lake Forest, CA up along the coast for a good while, with some nice views of the ocean, and also through Camp Pendleton, then over through the mountains along some winding roads to get to Pine Valley. I went about 135 miles and pedaled my bicycle for almost 14 hours, which is more (as far as I know) the most time I’ve spent riding my bicycle in one day.
Here is the sunset I saw last night over the ocean. Isn’t it beautiful? The sun doesn’t really move through the sky, but the earth spins and that’s what makes it looks like the sun is going down.
Here is a picture of one of the bicycle trails I rode on close to the ocean. Bicycle trails are like little roads that only bicycles and people walking can go on; cars are not allowed to drive on them. This helps to keep the people riding bicycles and the people who are walking safe.
I hope you enjoy the rest of the pictures. Some of them are in the mountains (you can see things that are very far away up there). The mountains were very hard to ride up. This is because you have to keep pedaling the whole time, if you stop pedaling even a little bit, the bicycle stops and you have to hold it up on the side of the mountain. There were times riding up the mountain when part of me wanted to give up, but I didn’t give up. I kept eating and drinking so my body would have energy, I rested when I need to, and finally I made it! It felt good to get up to my cousin’s house knowing that I worked so hard and rode over 3500 feet up into the mountains! What have you done that was hard work that you felt good about? Maybe you practiced writing your name until you got it just right, or practiced drawing a heart or a person until it looked just like you wanted it to. Or maybe you practiced throwing a ball until you could shoot it up through a hoop. Whatever it is that you worked hard on until you got it right, I’m proud of you and all the effort you put in. Nobody is born as a baby knowing how to do things. We have to learn how to do it and put in a lot of hard work, and not give up!
I also took some of the pictures at night. When I ride at night, I use a lot of lights and a bright reflective shirt (so I stay safe and people in cars can see me).
I’m resting today (6/2) and tomorrow (6/3). I’ll be visiting with my cousin Mark and his wife Kara. One thing that really makes the hard work of cycling a little easier is all of the wonderful people I get to visit on the way! On Wednesday (6/4) I’ll be setting out eastwards towards the desert of Arizona!
If you have any questions, please feel free to message me: jack dot DisPennett AT gmail d0t c0m. I’d love to hear from any of you who are out there.
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