What I did on my summer vacation

I biked. A lot. We (A & I) rode the Cape Cod rail trail almost every day. We also rode the Cape Cod Canal trail one day. We did 17.5 miles the first day, skipped a day, then did 12 miles, 21 miles, 13 miles and 25 miles. The 13 miler may have been the hardest. That was on the Canal trail and the second half of the ride was into a serious headwind. We had been going 15-17 mph out, but struggled to do 13 mph coming back. It was excellent exercise. But, as with road driving, I found a few pet peeves. One - if you are passing someone, you should announce yourself - say something like "On your left". It's not only polite - it's smart. You don't let me know you are coming up from behind, I may for some reason move out to my left and then you'll go boom. Another pet peeve - people riding two or more across the bike path. Okay - if the other bikers are skilled, you should be safe, there should be enough room. But trust me - a lot of those bikers riding several across are not skilled. 3rd pet peeve - if you need to stop on the trail for some reason, pull off to the side. You make life a little difficult (the word little should be read with sarcasm) when you don't. In one instance, I was forced to come to a complete stop because some teenagers just stopped in the middle of the path. One thing I noticed is that kids wander - particularly those who are at that age where they've outgrown training wheels, but haven't really mastered biking. I don't have a problem with that. I don't think they can control it - but you have to watch out for them.
Anyway - riding was fun. I plan to keep it up. I like riding on the trail and plan to make use of the one in Westchester. Oh - and I took pictures while on the Cape, so those will be coming soon.

Did I always have sit bones?

Well, obviously I did. But seriously - I don't remember them being an issue when I was a kid. You just got on your bike and road. No padding in your shorts - just you and the bike. And I was a lot less fearful then. Going down hills was no big deal - I was a kid - I flew down them. As an adult, I'm slowly working up the courage to go down at more than 2 mph. I don't remember going up them being so bad either - just stand up in your seat and pedal harder. I'm getting there, but it's slow going getting back in biking shape. I wish I had never stopped riding - but that's what happens when you get a car. When I was a pre-teen, I would ride my bike all over. I remember riding to the Park & Rec summer camp that was on the other side of town. Not such a big deal. It's not that I did it every day, but it was not unusual for me to do it. Then I started driving a car. I tried to get back into biking about 8 years ago, but I had issues with the bike, had a minor biking accident (he drove his bike like he was drunk, but he looked about 8 yrs old, so I'm hoping he wasn't) and I found other ways to get exercise - or not. We have plans this time, ambitions, goals. One goal is to get my sit bones comfortable with the whole idea of biking! Another goal is to ride in a City bike ride that goes through all 5 boroughs next spring. And of course, there's the being fit and doing it together part - I like that one a lot.