Brutal Ride

We received a notice from school last week for Laura. As parents there is an initial cringe of "what now?". Only this was a pleasant surprise. Laura was selected as her class role model for the character of empathy. We are proud of Laura!
Laura at her assembly after receiving the certificate from the principal.
Friday night Laura had a friend over. Of course there was dress-up. With that comes little sister trying to play with the big girls. Sunday we ventured out on the sleds for a group ride. Our friends Steve and his son Nick came up from Cortland. The plan was to meet up with another group for lunch. We left our house around 10 and shortly into the trip Gary experienced some mud/water. Laura and I stayed behind with the other sleds. This is as close as I could get with the zoom I had. Just know the seat was a bit muddy when they got it out. They hooked a rope to the front skis and pulled and pulled and pulled.... We eventually made it to Parish 2 hrs later than what was planned. Attempted to dry some while having lunch. Set back to the trail to head home again. 90 miles in total and more of the same water holes along the way. Certainly up there in the top 10 worst rides. Laura and Kelly were truly amazing. They remained positive up until the very end when everyone just wanted to be home again.