{"id":968,"date":"2015-08-09T23:10:44","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T03:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/?p=968"},"modified":"2015-08-09T23:15:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T03:15:50","slug":"town-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/?p=968","title":{"rendered":"Town Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The girls passed a milestone of sorts: the rode their bikes past a town line today, en route to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Saunders+Recreational+Area\/@42.5988886,-71.2079747,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e3a0b11fad45e9:0x9ccd32a26142603\" target=\"_blank\">Livingston Park (aka Saunders Recreational Area) in Tewksbury<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Beta wanted to go for a bike ride, and Alpha didn&#8217;t want to do any chores, and they both knew that I&#8217;m a pushover for going on long bike rides.\u00a0 Beta chose the destination, because Livingston Park is pretty cool and we never let her go there.<\/p>\n<p>Alpha led the way, as the park is on the way to Strongwater Farm (where she takes riding lessons).\u00a0 I think she wanted to prove she can ride her bike that far, as she wants to volunteer to work with the horses when she&#8217;s old enough.<\/p>\n<p>While there, they climbed around a little:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_969\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-969\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-969\" src=\"\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150809-Livingston-Park.png\" alt=\"climbing on the jungle gym\" width=\"500\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150809-Livingston-Park.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150809-Livingston-Park-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The girls doing things that mothers shouldn&#8217;t see<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the way home we shall euphemistically say that we &#8220;held a few lessons on keeping bikes away from the car lanes,&#8221; or maybe &#8220;keeping to our side of the white line (and why that&#8217;s a good idea),&#8221; and leave it at that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The girls passed a milestone of sorts: the rode their bikes past a town line today, en route to Livingston Park (aka Saunders Recreational Area) in Tewksbury. 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