In Which Early Rides to School Set the Stage

Hosta flowers near bike rack--with my road bike parked in background. Tuesday morning on campus.

Fall 2021—the semester commutes are almost a daily thing. now I worked from home Thursday, but otherwise this was a commuting week.

The weather has been very dry and warm in Iowa, which makes for pleasant morning rides and rather hot afternoon ones. I have been using my hybrid bike, mostly, which is perfect for this purpose, although on Wednesday I rode the road bike.

The mountain bike awaits winter.

As I’ve been riding to work this week, early students—athletes and some first-year students and residence assistants—have been moving to campus. It’s good to see some additional bicycles in bike racks.

Wednesday--my bike parked in rack near Regina Hall.

Maybe, some interested students will want to revive Mount Mercy University’s Bike Club. I hope so. These precious days of bike riding weather should be shared.

Meanwhile, the organizers of a local effort to create a new bridge and improvements to a local lake announced that they have met their goal to raise—via donations and public money—the $20 million to make the project a reality. Construction will take several years, but once again, bike trails are growing and improving in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

I hope they are where you are, too.

Bike lock on campus. Not mine.

Road bike near Warde Hall.