In Which Spring Turns Suddenly Warm

Sunday night-Fancy Beast ready for ride home around 10 p.m.

C Avenue Pond looks pretty on Tuesday morning ride to work.

 

Biking at the end of March and start of April in Iowa has been pleasant. I’ve mostly been using my mountain bicycle because I trust the back tyre of the Fancy Beast more than I trust the back tyre of Clarence (and Argent needs a trip to a bike shop before summer riding starts).

The commutes to work this week included some night riding. My role as an advisor to a university student newspaper involves some late nights. Some of the nights have been, but the was dry and the biking fine.

 

Moon reflected on C Avenue Pond during ride home about 11 p.m. Monday.

Milky sunshine over Warde Hall in the morning.

Bike parked at Warde Hall before ride home.

 

April 1--Bike parked in the morning behind Warde Hall.

 

On April 3, I finally took Clarence out for a ride. A grandson was staying with me Saturday, and he and I decided to go play at a park. I used my bike with the Tag-A-Long seat, and only Clarence has the hitch.

His mom and my wife met us at the park, and the 5-year-old decided to go home with grandma and mom, so I got to ride some miles by myself. I cycled out to Lowe Park, pausing now and then to check the back tyre.

It kept pressure. It also has a bit of a wobble, and I checked for a broken spoke, but found none.

Well, at least maybe I have a tube in there that is intact. Hold it together, back wheel!

At Willow Park in Marion, how my grandson and I got there.

Bike at Lowe Park, I think of this artwork (below) as kickstand art.

Daffodils at Lowe Park, above and below.