We thought we'd saddle up and ride the Lansing River Trail, but I guess the river was using it. We've seen quite a few spots where the river is getting into places it doesn't belong. I suppose the Kansans we know have it worse. In case you hadn't noticed, we're not in Kansas anymore. Maybe we should be, as there's not much going on in Michigan these days. Unless you like watching real estate values plummet. The river even flowed over our mortgage this spring.
As we pedaled down the trail parallel to the swollen river, several courteous folks pointed out to us that the trail was under water just ahead. Nice folks, these Michiganders. We might just have ridden right into the river without even noticing! Most of the time, people we meet on the River Trail are pretty friendly. Maybe it's just our cute stokers.
Beautiful weather, but if you're a six-old-boy on the back of a tandem, even at 68 F you might want a jacket. And sunglasses. You can still be obnoxious. Squirt some water on your sister.
It's funny to hear all the things people say about the tandems, especially kids.
"Wow, did you see that double bike?"
"Whoa!! A two-seater bike!"
"Aw man, I want one of those!"
"I didn't even know they made bikes like that!"
"Oh, how cute."
And the perennial favorite, "Hey, your kid on the back ain't pedalin'!"
Yup. It's pretty fun.
That last comment isn't specific to kid stokers. I don't know how many times we've heard "She's not pedaling!" and the person who says it grins as if they're saying something very clever and original. That looks like a nice path, when it's not underwater - how long is it?
ReplyDeleteThe Lansing River Trail is nice. There are at least 8 miles of it. It starts several miles from our house, and for the last couple of years some major construction on the south end of the MSU campus has blocked our best route to accessing it. Once that's done, we'll have a good route to it (and to MSU). It's a good route for cyclists to get from East Lansing to downtown Lansing. We'd hoped to ride to Lansing's Old Town area on Sunday for a tasty snack, but too much of the trail was blocked. Maybe later this spring.
ReplyDeleteWe've got some pictures of it scattered about this blog:
http://scaqabout.blogspot.com/2008/07/winkin-blinkin-and-stinkin.html
http://lansingrivertrail.org/