Biking Crescent Lake Discovery Trail

We've been wanting to get out and do a bike ride and found that there was a trail around a beautiful lake about an hour and a half away.  It was beautiful, we got on our mountain bikes and started on the trail.  It turned out the first 3.5 miles of the trail was pretty technical and had some big drop off's/cliffs.  We had to get off our bikes a few times and walk through some hairy areas. We finally hit a paved part of the trail and rode for another 3 miles, stopped to have a snack and turned back.  We ended up doing a little over 12 miles.  We were very proud of both kids, Mac handled all the tough parts of the trail well, making it over some big roots and some pretty rocky areas.  Emily also did great on the trail a bike, hanging on and not complaining about all the "bumps"!  We had a great time and can't wait to go back and do it again!