Wednesday, August 06, 2008

The Never Ending Race

The thing about Edward, and maybe boys in general, is he always loves a good challenge, and all of life is a game for him really. Two years ago, he had climbed up the steep, 450-foot drop dune on the Pierce Stocking Drive of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in 9 minutes, 7 seconds - a record begging to be broken. Cousin Brian was up for the dune climb challenge too.

steep bluff

They flew down the hill like they were on the moon. From the overlook, we watched them climb like little ants.

up

Edward returned quickly - 8 minutes, 31 seconds - and Brian was a few minutes behind. John went too - he was in the 25-30 minute range which is still good considering the average person takes about 45 minutes.

dune climb

We celebrated with a monster sundae at Cherry Republic where cousin Laura works.

cherry republic

Fun times.

3 comments:

Bob said...

Looks like a really fun place to be!

Anonymous said...

Good for them! Exercise and family fun all at once.

Jewels said...

Yes, awesome place & good times.