Long Weekend Westfield Ride

Mum had plans, so dad was in charge for the day. A day of burgers and some arcade fun was on the cards- the catch was we'd have to make it to Westfield on two wheels. A lovely sunny morning and a quick ride to Westfield to kill some energy and get some fun in before making our way back before the weather turned gloomy.

Stats:

Bird swoops: 0 (Maggie did hang out to bid us adieu)

accidents/falls: 0

participants: kids & dad

Distance: 5km

number of stops: nil

Sustenance: Grill'd (om nom nom)

The long weekend

We woke up to a long weekend and another beautiful day. We took Ros for a walk around the lake on our bikes, and finished our morning walk at the local Cafe for a much needed coffee break for mom.

Mom washed out the driveway while we rested before we rode to the skate park to join a group of Pokemon Go people raid. There we caught some awesome, and shiny Matecross! We then rode home for another break.

After i finished my homework and mom has finished house chores, we once again rode to EmuBank, this time for some dinner.

photo of our dinner by the lake.

All up, I cleared more than 15km across 3 rides.

Stats:

Bird swoops: 1

accidents/falls: 0

participants: mom, Dad, Dog + 2 kids

Distance 15.8km

number of stops: multiple

day 5 - 1 Oct

School holidays - windy but sunny.

1st October - first day of the campaign in technical terms, but we started our rides early this year because the weekend was the start of our school holidays and the weather was beautiful!

Today I stayed home with mom, but Nicky spent his day at daycare. Daddy dropped Nicky off with his bike this morning. Mommy and I cycled to his daycare at the end of the day, and together we cycled home.

We took the longer way there (5.8km) but we took the shorter way home (4.5km) because Nick has shorter legs, a smaller bike and complains a whole lot more...mommy and I covered a bit over 10km for our return trip home.

We stopped along the way to take over some Pokemon gyms, spun some stops and caught some mons - gotta catch em all!

we took a short rest at one of the benches overlooking the lake. Mommy told us how she used to walk me here in the pram so we could enjoy the view togher. It was indeed a beautiful sight.

Stats:

Bird swoops: 0

accidents/falls: 0

participants: mom + 2 kids

Distance 10.3km

number of stops: 2

Day 3

Warm day and blue skies. We were blessed with another day of beautiful weather. This time, they came along on a ride to help run some errands. We cycled across the lake to grab a quick lunch, had a few runs at the skate park, and went with mom to the Local Metro Woolies to grab some items for dinner.

Journey there and back were largely uneventful

Bird swoops: 0

accidents/falls: 0 - one very close call, but kiddo did well saving himself from a fall

participants: 2 kids, mom and a pannier full of groceries

Distance 7.5km

number of stops: 2

Day 2 ride, tick!

An inviting spring day beckoned and what a better way to spend it than to lap our local lake, Lake Ginninderra. This route has been a staple for the past few years for Kayden, but this year's challenge has been a year of firsts for younger rider Nicholas. The full lap around the lake (10.5km) didn't phase the new contender one bit as he pumped those little legs of his to keep up with his big bro.

A stop by the Belco skate park allowed them to tackle a few slopes and gave them the opportunity to watch some of the older kids demonstrate their skills on the massive half-pipe.

First ride for this campaign

The beautiful weekend has provided us an opportunity to take on our first ride of this year's campaign. It was also Nicholas' first official ride where his efforts are tallied up.

Mommy braved herself up to ride with Nicholas & Kayden with the Dog throttling alongside her!

We rode from home with a promise of hashbrowns from the golden arches. Whilst the ride does not generally take this long, we had to do multiple stops (to his brother's annoyance) to form distractions for the 4yo. Mini milestones, if you'd call it, so the ride didn't seem as boring.

The journey was mostly uneventful. We enjoyed the beautiful spring morning that came complete with magpie swoops. It only acted as a motivator for us to pedal even faster to avoid the protecting pair from circling back more than twice!

Kiddo did struggle to navigate around some poles, which meant he ran straight into one, ricochet off it and straight into a bush. Thankfully it was a bush, not the lake!!! Big brother Kayden was quick witted, he responded by jumping off his bike and quickly ran to Nicholas to help him up. Through sobs, we decided to seek refuge at the Gym, a familiar space where we could grab some rest, and some TLC from the beautiful coaches there.

Just as we approached the gym, through the excitement of seeing daddy's car parked there(meaning he has gone to the gym for some well deserve time alone, punching bags and coaches), the kids and the dog got a bit excited(read pulling) and mommy ran the bike wheel straight into the curb. She managed to stop herself from flying over the bicycle handles but certainly didn't come short of hitting herself (read: crotch) against it!

We stopped by the Gym to say hello (and have a whinge about our eventful journey, and the total tally of 2 injuries to report) before we headed off to get our reward and some time at the skate park before we headed home.

Stats:

Bird swoops: 1

accidents/falls: 2

participants: 1 dog, 2 kids and mom

Distance 8km

number of stops: countless

Experience: Priceless.....

This October, Kee Brothers is taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!

Because right now, cancer is the largest single killer of children from disease in Australia – over 700 children are diagnosed with cancer every year and sadly, 3 die every week.

Kids should be living life, not fighting for it.

And so we are riding and raising funds to support the Children's Medical Research Institute to continue their work into the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and finding a cure for childhood cancer.

Please support our challenge by making a donation through our fundraising page to give these kids the brighter futures they deserve.

Together, we can save little lives.

Thanks for your support.

Kayden