"Are you two sisters?" Amy and I are frequently asked. We may laugh alike, and do everything together, and both have brown hair, and an insatiable desire for iced mochas... but we are not related. Though sometimes for kicks we say we're cousins. How very Patty Duke. ha!And perhaps the sight of us riding a tandem bike could look a little "Doublemint Twins."
Its our tradition that Amy and I rent a tandem bike each time we travel together. This time we cruised around Sydney Olympic Park, site of the 2000 Summer Olympics.
The cicadas screamed and the sun scorched as we peddled around the mostly flat grounds that circled wetlands, lakes, and the old Newington Armory. We lost our way several times, and each time we stopped meant we had to count "1-2-3" to get going in unison again.
The challenge is part of the appeal, I think. That, and the people who drive past us singing "... A bicycle made for twooooo..."
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