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Dad's 86th Birthday Celebration

My Dad's birthday was Friday, July 29, 2011, he is now 86 years old.  So today we celebrated his birthday at Backwood's, a local bar and grill (formerly Gracie's in Burt, MI).  I highly recommend this restaurant, great food at great prices.  We all had the lunch buffet then retreated to our house where two blueberry pies and blueberry coffee cake awaited us.  Oh yes, don't forget the ice cream.

Brendan had to show mom and dad the garden and give them the full tour.  Mom was really moving around well and dad enjoyed the garden.  You can take the boy off the farm, but you can't take the farm out of the boy.

 Happy Birthday Dad!  We Love You!
Mom and Michelle decided to have a tea party. 

So after pie cake and ice cream mom and dad prepared to head home.  Brendan went out and picked some blackberry's.  Dad really liked them.  After hugs and pleasantries they were on the road to Auburn.

So I decided it was time for a bike ride.  I had not been on the bike since Tuesday.  I had JJ try my cross bike out for size the other day, perfect fit.  So I finished setting up the bike for him and got my road bike ready.  It was in the high 80's with very little wind.  I gave JJ a quick run down on how the shifting and brakes worked and we were off.  It was less than a mile and he was shifting like a pro.  He couldn't believe how fast you could go on the road bike.  Before this he had only rode his mountain bike on the pavement.  At one point in the ride he started calling out how fast we were going, 17, 18 and then 19 miles per hour.  We did almost 12 miles together.  When we got home he rushed in to tell mom about the ride.  I have never seen him smile so much on a bike.  So then I put some ice in my insulated bottle and headed back out for another 16 miles.  It felt good and is good prep for Ore to Shore which is only two weeks out.

Well till next time, God Bless.

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