Bike to the lake

Those warm days in early spring certainly do spoil me. The alligator saw his shadow and went back in the hole for six more weeks of winter; and we have another dose of it blowing in right now. It was warm this morning, but had turned breezy and the temperature was dropping when I went for a mid- day bicycle spin to City Park lake. The gulls had given it up and were parked on the beach, but pelicans were still out working for their living.

Biking in BR

Well, that was fun. There was an art exhibit downtown, tonight, so the wife asked about riding our bicycles to it. I used to bike often, but that’s been decades ago. I haven’t yet replaced my wrecked truck, so that has necessitated some renewed interest in biking. I’ve lately been biking around enough to regain some of those bike muscles. Leaving the exhibit at the old Bogan Fire Station, we saw a noisy bunch of bicyclists on a cross street. It was a huge group, from the local Critical Mass organization. Here’s a link to CM's MySpace page. Anyway, we fell into the group and toured the town with them. They rode at a moderate pace, had outriders that “corked”every intersection so that the whole group could pass safely, and they all seemed a friendly bunch. They do those rides on the last Friday of every month, and I would certainly enjoy riding with them again.

Happy Mardi Gras from Beauregardtown

We biked downtown today, to participate in a Mardi Gras Parade. It was a loose, impromptu, neighborhood party and we all had fun. There were interesting characters, mobile music machines, parading for all, and dancing in the streets.

Spring in the swamp

The trillium blooms are coming on, now... not showy, but trillium is some of the first greening in the spring. It always excites me when the blooms start to open. Some trails are still blocked: reminders of the storms, and the difficult year it has been.