The other day I took my first bike-ride around town, which is a bit sad considering how long we’ve lived here. My main goal was to explore the local bike trail, which I hoped might replace the Green Circle I had made sporadic use of before moving here. As it turned out, there is no bike trail; rather, there is a bike path. This is an important distinction, because the concrete squares of the latter form of bike route make all the difference in the world.
The path, or rather what little I’ve explored of it, is great; it’s in great condition, it quickly gets one away from ‘the strip’ and into the woods, and the section I’ve been riding has an excellent ratio of downhill to uphill gradient. (But I’d hate to ride it the other direction.) Unfortunately, the next logical section for me to ride is the section that is currently closed for construction.
Deb has gone along twice now. We shopped around a bit for a bike to facilitate this and settled on one that she really likes. Getting it home was my responsibility, and all I’m going to say is I succeeded despite the best efforts of highway planners. Tonight was our second ride, but we chose a rather inopportune time of day; by the time we were actually on the path, it was getting dark and bugs had decided to join us.
Today’s ride was a welcome break from my as of yet still unfinished reading of C.A. Bayly’s Empire and Information. It’s not a bad book looking back at what I’ve read, but it can be difficult to continue reading at times. The repetition, though perhaps well-intentioned, gets on my nerves. I’m not a big fan of how Bayly repeats himself, though he may have good intentions in doing so.
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