Bridge Pedal over Portland

Alright. First thing Sunday morning Justin and Jake got up and ready to leave for the Portland Bridge Pedal. It is a pretty incredible thing really...... the city of Portland shuts down nearly all bridges for about 4-5 hours and there is a huge charity riding event.
Justin and Dad decided to do the 24 mile ride that covered 8 bridges. Our family has planned to do this ride for 3 straight years and this is the fist time that anyone actually made it.

The camelback. If you look closely, you can see the camelback that Justin is wearing on his back. For a ride this short, I normally wouldn't bring a camelback but Justin was so excited to wear and drink from it that we let him wear it. I filled it up with some ice and about 60 oz. of water thinking that would be plenty.



Well.... I was wrong about 60 oz being enough. On just the second bridge (about 4 miles (maybe 5 miles TOPS!!) Justin told me that all the water was gone!
We literally had to stop at the first rest stop and re-fill the camelback. Unbelievable.
Before noon that day Justin visited the restroom a total of SIX times.
Next time we will have to monitor the water intake a little better.





Here is Justin ready to ride. He is using Mom's bike this morning as it is a little lighter and faster than his mountain bike.