My wonderful WorkCycles bakfiets does not have e-assist. We live in Arlington, Virginia was has some hills, and I was very curious how a bakfiets would hold up. Or rather, how I would hold up, haha.
- Hill near our house -- very short, only 400 feet but with a 8% grade. This is tough enough for me to avoid it when possible, but I was able to climb it with 3 riders in the bakfiets.
- Hill from Rocky Run to Whole Foods -- about 550 feet with a 3% grade. Doable, though not trivial.
This morning we took the car and went to Chestnut Hills Park, a few minutes away from Heidelberg bakery.
It's a really nice park, with a good amount of spade and we had a great morning. There were a lot of toy cars in the park, and I think Leo and Adrian managed to get them all in the same place. Nora played with a group of other kids.
While we were making breakfast, Leo asked: "buiten?" and then Sasha: "вънка? кара колело?" and I asked him: "wat wil je buiten doen?" "Fiets!".
We gave Leo his balance bike yesterday and he's very enthusiastic about it. After breakfast he want outside again, going on the bike. That's quite different from how I remember my childhood, haha.
Adrian has more my sense of adventure:
"Adrian, wil je ook fietsen?"
"Nee fietsen, au! Vallen! Leo wel. Nora wel."
It's a big race, with professional riders and it was fun to watch the race and the things around it, such as the TV cameras and all the big cars and police trucks etc.
Earlier in the morning the fire brigade came to check out something at the YMCA so the kids saw a lot of firetrucks today.
Today we went to Six Flags America, in Maryland, about 45 minutes from us.
This morning we took the car and went to Chestnut Hills Park, a few minutes away from Heidelberg bakery.
While we were making breakfast, Leo asked: "buiten?" and then Sasha: "вънка? кара колело?" and I asked him: "wat wil je buiten doen?" "Fiets!". 
We walked to Clarendon this morning to see the 