Mad dogs and Englishmen......

Apparently aren't the only ones crazy enough to be out in the sun. The cub scouts had a bike rodeo at the school yesterday evening and the heat index was close to 100. The humidity was so high after the recent rain that it was like being in a sauna. I'm not sure exactly who was happy to be out there, but it certainly was not me. This was at the beginning of the evening-Ben looks like he just can't believe he is doing this!!!Unfortunately, I ended up having to be a leader for one of the groups (no-one else was prepared to volunteer) and so I had to stand out in the middle of the playground with the boys as they were riding their bikes. It was a useful thing to do though. It was organized by Trailnet, who sent out several people to help out. They checked out bikes, went through road safety and designed some courses to help with bike control. They even brought healthy snacks for the end. The boys were paying a little better attention at the end, maybe they had got used to the heat by then.

Sam was assigned to making sure that everyone's helmet fit correctly and to check to make sure they were OK.Ben was excited because he got a new helmet, Sam noticed his old one had a crack in it, so we had to get rid of that one.

As usual, Ben had groused all the way there about having to do the bike rodeo and was raving about it at the end!!!! He has a good time wherever he goes, he must feel like he has to have a token complaint ahead of time just to make us feel better