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Last Tuesday was quite the adventure.  I thought the Chariot was hooked up and ready to roll until it got stuck between the rear wheels of mine and my husband's cars parked in the garage.  By the time I got it unstuck, we were 20 minutes behind our scheduled departure time.  I had planned to leave a hour early, since this was our first time riding, instead of driving to our Tuesday morning run and walk.
We rode the bike trail to CSUS, then onto H Street, where we encountered a sign pole in the middle of the sidewalk making it impossible for the bike trailer to pass through.  So I had to lift my bike up, and turn the trailer 180 degrees, while staying on the narrow sidewalk.  We back tracked to the parking lot entrance, rode through the parking lot, crossed Carlson, and got back on the sidewalk on H Street and rode through the tunnel under the railroad tracks.  Even though Elvas had a wide bike lane and equally wide shoulder, we had to carefully ride into the lane to pass cars parked in the bike lane.  Elvas turned into C Street, which had a bike lane that would appear and disappear.  The sidewalk had a high sloping curb, so I avoided riding on and off the sidewalk if possible.  I finally made it to 33rd Street, and the road was closed due to construction.  I took the sidewalk down 33rd, crossed McKinley Blvd and rode into the park.  It took us 45 minutes.  We arrived just in time to lock up my bike and convert the bike trailer into a running stroller.  We met my friend and her son and ran 5 laps around McKinley Park.  After our run, we walked a couple laps with several other moms and their kids.  Around 11 AM, Brodie and Lucas were both hungry, so I nursed them sitting on the pavement next to the bike racks.  Apparently, it was lunch time. So the entire time I nursed Brodie and Lucas, we were surrounded by hundreds of kids attending summer camp, going in and out of the library building using the bathroom and getting their lunches.  I converted the running stroller back into a bike trailer, and we rode back home without any mishaps.  The cool thing about our adventure is we didn't have to drive.  The kids got their morning nap on the way to the park and their early afternoon nap on the way home from the park. 
Now it's a new week.  This Tuesday the AQI forecast is unhealthy for sensitive groups, and the temperature is suppose to exceed 100 degrees.  So we won't be riding or running at McKinley Park this week.