March 29, 2004
FALLING IN LOVE, ALL OVER AGAIN!
Saturday afternoon was great. Itíd been a while since weíd spent an entire afternoon together, and I didnít realize just how much I missed being with her until it was all said and done. The last time we spent more than two solid hours together?... gosh, it must have been around two years ago. Much to my delight, she hadnít changed one bit. Her lines and curves were just as I had remembered, and her touch and feel was something straight out of my dreams. Pleasantly, once we got into the groove, I found that I still knew how to ring her bell, if you know what I mean!
Seriously... do you know what I mean?
Saturday afternoon was great. For the first time since moving to Indiana [in March of '02], I took one of my bikes out for a long ride. For a while now Iíve been wondering if itíd be possible and/or prudent to ride a bike to and from my office (rather than drive my big honking car). With the weekend weather cooperating, I decided to give it a shot. To set the stage, for those of you who donít know of my home / work coordinates, I live downtown, just a short walk from Monument Circle, while my office is way up on the north side of town, 11 miles away on East 96th and North College. To the casual observer, it probably appears as if thereíd be no safe way of making the journey to and fro by bicycle. None of the roads have bike lanes or connecting sidewalks, and even if they did, not many people I know would feel safe around drivers who, for the most part, never have to contend with bicyclists. Lucky for me, the Monon Trail, which rambles within a quarter-mile of my office, now stretches all the way down to 10th Street.
The ride was cake. I took my time and made it up to 96th St. in right around an hour or so, but unfortunately I didnít take the time to look around the outside of my office building to see if we have bike racks or not ('doh). If we do, thereís a good chance that Iíll get back to being a bike commuter, at least on a part-time basis, starting almost immediately. If it turns out that we don't have bike racks... well, I may have to rethink my plan. The manager of our building is pretty particular about the property, so I doubt I'd be able to get away with keeping a bike in my office.
Posted by Mikal at March 29, 2004 4:58 AM
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Man that's awesome! Find a way!
Lock it to a friends car!!
I'd love to ride my bike to work but as you said I'm afraid there's no safe way to do it.
I live in the 96th St. & Allisonville Rd. Area and work is east so the Nort/south Monon is little help. (work is around 103rd and Meridian.)
Anybody make this route? Any suggestions?
