Yup. I was 7 years old when I finally learned how to ride a bike with no training wheels. That's a little old, isn't it? I just didn't have any incentive to take off the two extra, perfectly good wheels that helped keep me upright. I didn't have older siblings I was hoping to keep up with. I'd already crashed once right into a thicket of blackberry bushes and didn't much care for the notion of even less stability. But it was finally teasing by the neighborhood kids that got me to reconsider the necessity of those training wheels.

For some kids, a childhood memory like that may never come at all. They may not have an opportunity to learn to ride a bike-- training wheels or otherwise.

This "Lose The Training Wheels" camp Kurt and I covered is a story we shot this year, last year (and hopefully next year, as well). To see the looks on the faces of those children will make your day. Here is the camp information to either make a financial donation or volunteer your time. The demand is outpacing what the camp can currently provide and it's a shame that not every last family who wants to send a child can..:

http://www.losetrainingwheelspdx.blogspot.com/

I'm writing from home where I can't properly resize photos so it'll have to wait til tomorrow. :-) C U then!
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