Last Saturday we went to Century Park with Deborah and Stephen Skokos and Jodi and Taylor Sparks. It is a lovely park and rather large! It made me feel like I wasn't in Shanghai and I am great with that. We rented bikes and separated into groups to ride around and see the sites.
The girl bike was significantly slower so the boys quickly pulled ahead but about 10 minutes into the ride we caught up due to a flat tire on the boy's bike. They claim it happened while riding on the designated road but I have my suspicions since we saw them riding on some landscaping a few minutes prior.
Since it was a hot day and walking the bike back to the rental place seemed like an insurmountable task we lent our bike to the boys so they could bring it back like this.
Once they exchanged the bike the ladies wanted to have a try on the three-seater and we took off without looking back. The three-seater was way better than the side-by-side one! Sorry fellas for leaving you in the dust.
Part of the park had a water fountain you could run around in and it wasn't a surprise that the boys wanted to have a go.
Unfortunately the fun had to end in bloodshed after Taylor did a nosedive and sliced his chin open. The split chin resulted in a several hour adventure trying to use superglue to fix it. We have some pretty graphic pictures but I refrained from posting them except this one. This was taken mid-fiasco when superglue and paper towel made contact. And here is a link to Taylor and Jodi's blog in case you want to take a closer look at the wound.
http://ask-a-scientist.blogspot.com/2010/07/very-bad-day-for-my-face.html
The superglue actually worked in the end and we all had a great time at the park!
3 comments:
I love your last couple of posts! It looks like you guys are having fun. We are hoping to come check it out for ourselves . . . . .
Oh I miss China so much. the parks are always so fun. glad to see you are getting out. can't wait for the next adventure.
I used to do long-distance runs at this park with Ken or my friend sandy. We'd have our driver park and leave water in the van and we'd run loops through the park and stop off for a drink every few loops. It's about the closest to green space in Shanghai!
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