Mountain biking is dangerous to the lady parts.

Owie.  Hubby and I recently bought new mountain bikes (thank you, tax return), and for the first time, I went off-road.  Well, I've been off-road before, but in my street bike when I was a kid.  Not exactly the best situation.  This time, I had the right bike and gear and all.

Let me tell you, those pants with the padded butt that makes you feel like you're wearing a diaper???  AWESOME.  I definitely would have had a lousy time without them!  And, they're slimming, bonus!

I made one rookie mistake, though.  Coming downhill way too fast on smushy sand, I skidded the back wheel out.  Desperate to gain some traction, I went off the trail into the grass, where I (thankfully) stopped short of a large bush.  However, my body didn't get the memo, since I slid right off the seat and onto the bar of the frame.

YOWCH!!  I am now sporting a lovely bruise the shade of indigo and olive green in a place I'd rather not have bruised ever.

This just also happens to be the spot where my pelvis fractured last year.  Fortunately, thanks to a lot of padding in the pants, I don't think I did any damage to the bone, but holy sh!t, I'm still limping around like I did last year.

It was a good time overall.  I went out for a few hours around a defunct Army base.  Somehow, I ended up in a former munitions area... I didn't see any signs for it until I was leaving the area.  Oops.  Glad I wasn't blown up.  Time away from the kiddos was nice- I didn't have to listen to whining and someone pulling my pants down (can't wait until JC outgrows that one).  And when I got home, the house was empty, since Hubby had taken them out to run errands.  A quiet house to shower in peace??  It was almost like winning the lottery.

I think mountain biking will be a regular weekend activity for me, not because I'm in love with it, but because I'm in love with being by myself for a few hours.  Does that sound anti-social and hermit-like?  Maybe, but it's good for my sanity.  It just might not be good for my hoo-ha.