Ode to Summer
Perhaps it's because there are 6 inches of snow on the ground and a forecast for 4 more inches tonight, but when I came across the above video, it reminded me that during the summer I would get on my bike and travel from Brookville, Ohio to Eaton, Ohio down long windy country roads. My stop was Fort St. Clair Park to rest before I traveled back. It was about an 18 mile trip one way. Sometimes I would stop at my friend Elaine's house and we would both ride there. We would pack a lunch and stop at a laundromat before we got to the park to buy an icy cold soda.
I enjoyed those trips. It was very meditative, soaking up the beautiful countryside, and smelling those summery smells. I didn't have a camera then (I wish I did). Those memories are just stored inside my brain.
Now it's hard for me to imagine traveling down country roads by myself on a bike. With all the weirdos out there, I don't think it would be safe for a person to do that by themselves.
I haven't been on a bike for probably 25 years. But I came across this bike the other day, this beautiful pink bike, and I thought about bike paths and picnics and the fun I did have when I road my bike.
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