Put away the bike for the weekend and headed down to PA to celebrate K’s upcoming 8th birthday with my parents.

It’s not a short drive to PA, but my road trip companions were up for the challenge. We got down there close to midnight on Friday night.

We took K’s 2nd cousins out for an afternoon of corn-mazing, mini-golf, and little boy-ness.  K’s in the middle of the three boys age-wise, it’s always fun to see how the cousins pick right up where they left off even though they only see each other a couple of times a year.

Caught up with my Grandmother, brought her a few little boxes of wine (unobtainable in PA) to help perk up her days in the senior apartment complex. She’s been having a hard time since her husband passed away a couple of years ago, so if a little bit of conveniently packaged booze helps her out – i’m happy to provide.

Picked up some conveniently packaged booze for myself while I was down there. The weather was spectacular, warm and sunny. Once again I got to wear my late September summer shoe purchase.

It was a little sad to not ride bikes all weekend. Seeing everyone’s FB updates on their amazing Indian Summer rides was hard, but I enjoyed the family time and since my groin still hurts, it’s probably the best thing.