About a month ago, when my Spring quarter at school was coming to an end, there were a lot of things set in my mind for what I wanted to do this summer: go to Victoria and Nanaimo, BC, with my mom; take a trip down to Portland to visit Powell's Books, the world's biggest independent bookstore; go on a couple hikes; spend plenty of sunny days in Seattle.  Another thing I really wanted to do this summer was go on a bike ride.  Me and my mom had been talking about this forever, but our bikes needed fixing, so we never got around to it.  Last week though, we finally managed to take our bikes in to the local bike shop and get them fixed, and Tuesday we got a head start in the day and drove our bikes to our favorite bike trail.