Biking Campout

The Deacons and Teachers Quorums set out on an overnighter to the South end of Coeur 'd Alene Lake, followed by a 15 mile bike ride.

The Wardcrew trailer came in handy when the question came up on how we were going to haul almost 30 bikes to the campout in the back of 3 pickup trucks, along with all of the camping gear. So Clay loaded up the bikes and Clay, CJ, and Preston, along with 24 other boys and 4 other leaders set out for adventure.

  The kids had a blast hanging out at the edge of the lake, cooking dinners over, on, and in the campfire, smores, hot chocolate, and general 12-15 year old boy chaos that you'd expect in the absence of motherly guidance.

The bike ride in the morning was fun......windy......but fun. There was a one mile stretch of a bridge that went across the lake where the boys experienced 30 mile-per-hour crosswinds that made the bridge a royal pain in the keester to get across.  Along with the wind was small bouts of rain and a few uphill battles, but at the far end of the ride was a little summer town called Harrison. The promised ice cream shops were closed, but there were plenty of other shops that sold plenty of junk food that satisfied the boys.