Good Bye

This summer has been...different and amazing. I loved finding such a perfect way to give my summer as much freedom, entertainment, dedication, and variation as possible. It was interesting to see a different point of view gained by racing traffic on a busy evening or turning down far away invitation. I grew a new appreciation for my bike and staying closer to home. Bikes are amazingly efficient already and people are still working to create a better, more efficient design. I plan on trying to continue on a carless school year, although realize it would be more realistic to aim for using my bike as my main transportation. I say good-bye to the SUMMER OF THE BIKE planning to continue my idea next year with hopes of perfection. I over all went in a car for about 4 trips and plan to finish next summer with a big fat 0. Thank you for reading my blog all summer and helping me stay on track and thank you to all my friends who came to carpinteria to hang out with me.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.                                              -Albert Einstein

Dawn to Dusk

Sunday night, after eating dinner with family at Carlito's, my dad and I started our amazing ride home. When we finally had a break from traffic I started to think about the surprisingly huge difference between dawn and dusk. At dawn it is newly cold because of the long period of darkness and I would say less people are walking the streets than dusk. At dusk it is still warm out from the daytime sun and people are all rushing about trying to get home. I am not arguing one is better than the other, however I am saying although in many ways they are different as much as they are similar.

(Photo from http://files.sharenator.com/Spectacular_Sunset_From_dawn_to_dusk-s1024x768-63175.jpg)

When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking. ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Back to Bike MOnkeys

Yesterday, I participated in a bike monkey activity at Hazards. We helped welcome new families and helped prepare the for the orientation ride on September 6-7. To get to Hazards of course my dad and I biked. It was the first time ever that we biked to town both on Road bikes. The ride took us about 45 minutes, which cuts down our normal time by about 15 minutes! The ride was really fast and fun.

Chain Bracelets

Lately, I have been reading a lot and on one of my common visits to the bookstore I ran into the owner. She saw my bike chain bracelet and said she would love it if I made a couple of them for her store! I told I would and have already ordered materials to make a few as a trial. I am very excited and hope this works out past just a bookstore.